3001 Michelangelo

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3001 Michelangelo is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1982. It is named after Michelangelo Buonarroti the Italian renaissance artist. Michelangelo’s closest approaches to Mars are just over 0.6 AU.

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apoapsis (km)

3.76987e+11

average speed (km/s)

69764.4

orbital period (μ)

312768.0

periapsis (km)

3.28068e+11

absolute magnitude

12.4

discovery date

1982-01-24

discoverer

Edward L. G. Bowell

epoch

November 4 2013 (JD 2453705.5)

former name

1982 BC1

rotation period (s)

30016.8