4483 Petöfi
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4483 Petöfi is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 973.6527141 days (2.67 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1986, and it was named after the great Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 973.6527141 days (2.67 years).
The asteroid was discovered on September 9, 1986, and it was named after the great Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petofi
Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
.