4003 Schumann
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4003 Schumann, provisional designation 1964 ED, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | F. Börngen |
Discovery site | Karl Schwarzschild Obs. |
Discovery date | 8 March 1964 |
Designations | |
(4003) Schumann | |
Named after | Robert Schumann (German composer)[2] |
1964 ED · 1933 FG1 1967 RK1 · 1968 UL3 1974 SE2 · 1978 GM4 1980 RH2 · 1980 TP6 1981 WV8 | |
main-belt · (outer) [1][3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.20 yr (30,753 days) |
Aphelion | 3.7477 AU |
Perihelion | 3.1040 AU |
3.4258 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0939 |
6.34 yr (2,316 days) | |
343.35° | |
0° 9m 19.44s / day | |
Inclination | 5.0589° |
189.31° | |
116.48° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 32.03 km (calculated)[3] 35.00±0.89 km[4] 36.115±0.245[5] 38.207±0.611 km[6] |
5.5984±0.0019 h[7] 5.601±0.001 h[8] 5.6040±0.0019 h[7] 5.7502±0.0007 h[9] | |
0.0439±0.0089[6] 0.049±0.008[5] 0.057 (assumed)[3] 0.072±0.004[4] | |
C [3] | |
10.80[4] · 11.1[6] · 11.154±0.003 (R)[7] · 11.186±0.002 (R)[7] · 11.2[1][3] · 11.40±0.20[10] | |
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The asteroid was discovered on 8 March 1964, by German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Eastern Germany.[11] It was named after German composer Robert Schumann.[2]