3568 ASCII
3568 ASCII, provisional designation 1936 UB, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 October 1936, by French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at the Nice Observatory in southwestern France. In 1988, the D-type asteroid was named after both the computer character code ASCII and the Japanese computer magazine with the same name.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Laugier |
| Discovery site | Nice Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 October 1936 |
| Designations | |
| (3568) ASCII | |
Named after | ASCII / ASCII (magazine) (character code and magazine) |
| 1936 UB · 1975 WZ1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.52 yr (29,776 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.8974 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4073 AU |
| 3.1523 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2363 |
| 5.60 yr (2,044 d) | |
| 264.51° | |
| 0° 10m 33.96s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.454° |
| 58.210° | |
| 280.22° | |
| TJupiter | 3.0770 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 23.752±0.211 km |
| 0.045±0.007 | |
| D (SDSS-MOC) | |
| 11.8 | |
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