3288 Seleucus
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H.-E. Schuster |
| Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
| Discovery date | 28 February 1982 |
| Designations | |
| (3288) Seleucus | |
| Pronunciation | /sɪˈluːkəs/ |
Named after | Seleucus I Nicator (Seleucid Empire) |
| 1982 DV | |
| Amor · NEO | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 35.34 yr (12,907 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9605 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.1053 AU |
| 2.0329 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.4563 |
| 2.90 yr (1,059 days) | |
| 77.175° | |
| 0° 20m 24s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.9306° |
| 218.65° | |
| 349.29° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.1029 AU · 40.1 LD |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.2 km 2.49±0.07 km 2.8 km (Gehrels) 2.832±1.100 km |
| 16 h (dated) 75±5 h 75 h | |
| 0.139±0.127 0.22 (Gehrels) 0.23 0.24±0.04 | |
| S (Tholen) · K (SMASS) · S B–V = 0.910 U–B = 0.500 | |
| 15.2 · 15.3 · 15.5 · 15.50±0.3 · 15.6±0.3 | |
3288 Seleucus, provisional designation 1982 DV, is a rare-type stony asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group of asteroids, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 February 1982, by German astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster at ESO's La Silla Observatory site in northern Chile. It was named after the Hellenistic general and Seleucid ruler Seleucus I Nicator.