4147 Lennon
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | B. A. Skiff |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 12 January 1983 |
| Designations | |
| (4147) Lennon | |
Named after | John Lennon (musician, The Beatles) |
| 1983 AY · 1971 YG 1980 KA | |
| main-belt · Vestian | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 44.51 yr (16,258 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5524 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1712 AU |
| 2.3618 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0807 |
| 3.63 yr (1,326 days) | |
| 88.732° | |
| 0° 16m 17.4s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.7326° |
| 288.57° | |
| 302.94° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.171±0.087 km 7.13±0.37 km 7.46 km (calculated) |
| 137 h | |
| 0.20 (assumed) 0.240±0.049 0.4166±0.0564 | |
| V: 5 · S | |
| 12.90 · 13.0 · 13.63±0.34 | |
4147 Lennon, provisional designation 1983 AY, is a stony Vestian asteroid and a potentially slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Brian Skiff at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station on 12 January 1983. It was later named after musician John Lennon.