3142 Kilopi

Infobox Planet
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name = Kilopi
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discovery_ref =
discoverer = A. Patry
discovery_site = Nice
discovered = January 09, 1937
designations = yes
mp_name = 3142
alt_names = 1937 AC
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epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 2.7785983
perihelion = 2.3316335
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.0874647
period = 1491.8128070
avg_speed =
inclination = 14.18349
asc_node = 321.00526
mean_anomaly = 149.05889
arg_peri = 189.02078
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abs_magnitude = 12.3

3142 Kilopi (1937 AC) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on January 09, 1937 by A. Patry at Nice. The name is, in fact, a pun, as kilo pi equals one thousand times pi, which is approximately 3142. [ [http://www.swisr.org/col5.html Name Those Asteroids ] ]

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3142+Kilopi JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3142 Kilopi]

References