4003 Schumann
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. Börngen |
| Discovery site | Karl Schwarzschild Obs. |
| Discovery date | 8 March 1964 |
| Designations | |
| (4003) Schumann | |
Named after | Robert Schumann (German composer) |
| 1964 ED · 1933 FG1 1967 RK1 · 1968 UL3 1974 SE2 · 1978 GM4 1980 RH2 · 1980 TP6 1981 WV8 | |
| main-belt · (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.20 yr (30,753 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7477 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.1040 AU |
| 3.4258 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0939 |
| 6.34 yr (2,316 days) | |
| 343.35° | |
| 0° 9m 19.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.0589° |
| 189.31° | |
| 116.48° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 32.03 km (calculated) 35.00±0.89 km 36.115±0.245 38.207±0.611 km |
| 5.5984±0.0019 h 5.601±0.001 h 5.6040±0.0019 h 5.7502±0.0007 h | |
| 0.0439±0.0089 0.049±0.008 0.057 (assumed) 0.072±0.004 | |
| C | |
| 10.80 · 11.1 · 11.154±0.003 (R) · 11.186±0.002 (R) · 11.2 · 11.40±0.20 | |
4003 Schumann, provisional designation 1964 ED, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was discovered on 8 March 1964, by German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Eastern Germany. It was named after German composer Robert Schumann.