3691 Bede Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. FFC2E0
3691 Bede
Discovery Ref:[1]
Discoverer:L. E. González
Discovery Site:Cerro El Roble
Discovered:29 March 1982
Mpc Name:(1982) FT
Alt Names:MPO 337281
Named After:Bede
Epoch:13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Eccentricity:0.284
Period:2.36 yr (863.35 d)
Inclination:20.4°
Asc Node:348.8°
Mean Anomaly:90.8°
Arg Peri:234.9°
Dimensions:4.3 km (assumed)
Rotation:226.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on[2]
Albedo:0.15 (assumed)
Abs Magnitude:14.7
Mean Motion: / day
Observation Arc:14667 days (40.16 yr)
Uncertainty:0
Moid:0.35AU

3691 Bede, provisional designation, is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 29, 1982, by Luis E. González at Cerro El Roble.

Based on lightcurve studies, Bede has a rotation period of 226.8 hours, but this figure is based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (3691) Bede = 1982 FT. Minor Planet Center. 2015-06-04.
  2. Web site: 2012-01-25 last obs . JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3691 Bede (1982 FT) . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724202351/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3691 . dead . 24 July 2020 . . 14 April 2016.