4492 Debussy
Shape model of Debussy from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | Haute-Provence Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 September 1988 |
| Designations | |
| (4492) Debussy | |
| Pronunciation | /dɛbjʊˈsiː/ etc. |
Named after | Claude Debussy (French composer) |
| 1988 SH · 1979 SZ10 1979 VF1 · 1981 EC | |
| main-belt · (middle) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.65 yr (23,977 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2631 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2692 AU |
| 2.7662 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1796 |
| 4.60 yr (1,680 days) | |
| 76.633° | |
| 0° 12m 51.12s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.0241° |
| 350.05° | |
| 52.507° | |
| Known satellites | 1 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.23±3.97 km 14.64 km (calculated) 14.75±0.91 km 16.5±1.9 km 17.14±2.94 km 17.359±0.697 km | |
| 20 h 26.58±0.05 h 26.59 h 26.6 h 26.606±0.001 h | |
| 0.039±0.018 0.0406±0.0162 0.041±0.016 0.046±0.017 0.057 (assumed) 0.058±0.008 0.07±0.08 | |
| C | |
| 12.80 · 12.9 · 13.05 · 13.05±0.07 · 13.37±0.25 | |
4492 Debussy (provisional designation: 1988 SH) is a dark and elongated background asteroid and binary system from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 September 1988, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory in France. It was later named after French composer Claude Debussy.