2934 Aristophanes
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
Palomar–Leiden survey C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 25 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2934 Aristophanes |
|
Named after
|
Aristophanes |
| 4006 P–L · 1971 OQ1 1977 RM5 · 1980 FC9 |
|
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 54.88 yr (20044 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3299 AU (498.15 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.0088 AU (450.11 Gm) |
| 3.1694 AU (474.14 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.050658 |
| 5.64 yr (2060.9 d) | |
| 354.68° | |
| 0° 10m 28.848s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.7959° |
| 202.24° | |
| 89.797° | |
| Earth MOID | 2.00885 AU (300.520 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.76815 AU (264.511 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.182 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27.72 km |
|
Mean radius
|
13.86 ± 0.7 km |
| 0.0761 ± 0.009 | |
| Ch (SMASSII) | |
| 11.6 | |
2934 Aristophanes, alternatively designated 4006 P–L, is a 28-kilometer sized main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels in 1960. It is named after Aristophanes (445–385 B.C.), the ancient Greek comic dramatist.
The designation P–L stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's 48-inch Samuel Oschin telescope and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden Observatory. The trio are credited with several thousand asteroid discoveries.
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