3563 Canterbury
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. C. Gilmore P. M. Kilmartin |
| Discovery site | MJUO (Mount John) |
| Discovery date | 23 March 1985 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3563 Canterbury |
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Named after
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Canterbury (province) |
| 1985 FE; 1978 VL6 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 36.85 yr (13,460 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2948 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2872 AU |
| 2.7910 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1804 |
| 4.66 yr (1703.1 days) | |
| 114.23° | |
| Inclination | 6.9537° |
| 267.78° | |
| 346.14° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.2731 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.5527 h | |
| Ch (SMASSII) | |
| 12.6 mag | |
3563 Canterbury, provisionally known as 1985 FE, is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.29 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.180 and an orbital period of 1,703 days (4.66 years).[1]
Canterbury has an average orbital speed of 17.81462866 km/s and an inclination of 6.94642°.[citation needed]
The asteroid was discovered on March 23, 1985, by Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela M. Kilmartin, both from the Mount John University Observatory (MJUO) in New Zealand.[2][3]
It is named after New Zealand's Canterbury Province, on the eastern side of the South Island. The name also honors the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, of which MJUO is a field station. The region was named after the Canterbury Association formed in England in 1848 with the purpose of organizing an idealized Anglican settlement in New Zealand.[4]
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