(3623) Chaplin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 October 1981 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.
Where Chaplin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chaplin is 3.08 au from the Sun and 3.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3623 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 TG2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.89 km (#5,163 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Rotation period | 8.36 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.15 |
| Orbital period | 4.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.86 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.61 – 3.10 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0848 |
| Inclination | 3.07° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
More named asteroids discovered by L. G. Karachkina
- (2892) Filipenko
- (3063) Makhaon
- (3068) Khanina
- (3215) Lapko
- (3286) Anatoliya
- (3345) Tarkovskij
- (3437) Kapitsa
- (3453) Dostoevsky
- (3469) Bulgakov
- (3508) Pasternak
- (3516) Rusheva
- (3620) Platonov
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