| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Lowell Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 October 1986 |
| Designations | |
| (4822) Karge | |
Named after | Orville B. Karge (physics teacher)[2] |
| 1986 TC1 · 1979 QM5 1979 QO | |
| main-belt · inner | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 45.67 yr (16,681 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6713AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8335 AU |
| 2.2524 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1860 |
| 3.38yr (1,235 days) | |
| 31.263° | |
| 0° 17m 29.76s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.0502° |
| 141.41° | |
| 264.30° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 4.335±0.194 km[3] |
| 0.341±0.056[3] | |
| 13.7[1] | |
4822 Karge, provisional designation1986 TC1, is a brightasteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 October 1986, by American astronomerEdward Bowell at theAnderson Mesa Station of theLowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.[4] The asteroid was later named after American physics teacherOrville Karge.[2]
Karge orbits the Sun in theinner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,235 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.19 and aninclination of 4° with respect to theecliptic.[1] firstprecovery was taken at thePalomar Observatory in 1971, extending the body'sobservation arc by 15 years prior to its official discovery observation.[4]
According to the survey carried out by theNEOWISE mission of NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,Karge measures 4.335 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a highalbedo of 0.341.[3] It has anabsolute magnitude of 13.7.[1]
As of 2017, no rotationallightcurve ofKarge has been obtained from photometric observations. The body'srotation period, poles and shape remains unknown.[1][5]
Thisminor planet was named after Orville B. Karge (1919–1990), a teacher of physics in San Diego, California.[2] The official naming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 21 November 1991 (M.P.C. 19340).[6]
