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19367 Pink Floyd
Discovery A
Discoverer OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS) at Caussols
Discovery date December 3, 1997
Alternate
designations
B
1999 JH126; 1997 XW3;
1985 UZ2
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch March 6, 2006 (JD 2453800.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.165
Semi-major axis (a) 365.771 Gm (2.445 AU)
Perihelion (q) 305.419 Gm (2.042 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 426.122 Gm (2.848 AU)
Orbital period (P) 1396.446 d (3.82 a)
Mean orbital speed 18.92 km/s
Inclination (i) 3.684°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
91.653°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
304.820°
Mean anomaly (M) 112.689°
Physical characteristics D
Diameter  ? km
Mass  ? × 10? kg
Density  ? g/cm³
Surface gravity  ? m/s²
Escape velocity  ? km/s
Rotation period  ? d
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 14.8
Albedo (geometric) 0.10
Mean surface
temperature
~178 K

19367 Pink Floyd is an asteroid that has been named in honour of the English musical group Pink Floyd. It was discovered on December 3, 1997.[1] It is in a 3.82-year elliptical orbit around the sun. Its previous perihelion passage occurred on December 23, 2004 at 9h00 UT.

There is little information on the physical properties of 19367 Pink Floyd. Its diameter remains uncertain; range of 3 to 6 km is probable.

19367 Pink Floyd's maximum brightness is estimated to be 1/14958 of the brightness of the faintest objects that can be seen with the human eye.

The asteroid's name is unusual in that it is expressed as two words, instead of "Pinkfloyd" which is the format used by most other minor planets named for individuals or groups (although the asteroid named for the Rolling Stones is also expressed as two words).

References

  1. ^  "Minor Planet List". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~graff/lists/NumberedMPs.txt. Retrieved 2005-12-24.  

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