(3563) Canterbury Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 March 1985 by Gilmore, A. C., Kilmartin, P. M. at Lake Tekapo.
Where Canterbury is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Canterbury is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3563 |
| Provisional designation | 1985 FE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.9 km (#2,695 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0500 |
| Rotation period | 15.6 hours |
| Spectral type | Ch |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.79 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.176 |
| Inclination | 6.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.