2865 Laurel
2865 Laurel orbit, and his position on 06 Jun 2011 (NASA Orbit Viewer applet) | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 31 July 1935 |
| Designations | |
| (2865) Laurel | |
Named after | Stan Laurel (film comedian) |
| 1935 OK · 1939 PA 1947 NF · 1951 ML 1972 QH | |
| main-belt · (middle) Maria | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.62 yr (29,810 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7406 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3812 AU |
| 2.5609 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0702 |
| 4.10 yr (1,497 days) | |
| 71.330° | |
| 0° 14m 25.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.294° |
| 321.79° | |
| 293.35° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.73±1.2 km (IRAS:3) 14.79 km (derived) 18.83±0.73 km 24.99±0.37 km |
| 21.5±0.3 h | |
| 0.094±0.014 0.142±0.013 0.2242±0.043 (IRAS:3) 0.2438 (derived) | |
| S | |
| 11.20 · 11.24±0.30 · 11.3 · 11.40 | |
2865 Laurel, provisional designation 1935 OK, is a stony Marian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory on 31 July 1935. The asteroid was named after movie comedian Stan Laurel.