4305 Clapton

(4305) Clapton is in a 4.97-year elliptical orbit around the sun ranging in distance from 405.4 million km (at perihelion, closest point to the sun) to 465.9 million km (at aphelion, furthest point from the sun).

The next perihelion passage will occur on 2011 Jan. 8.9 UT.
The orbit is inclined by 1.8 degrees to the ecliptic plane (the plane of the earth's orbit about the sun).
There is little information on the physical properties of (4305) Clapton. Even its diameter is uncertain--a range of 8 to 18 km is probable.
You will need a telescope to see this minor planet as its maximum brightness is some 1/9372 of the brightness of the faintest objects that can be seen with the unaided eye.
The diagram above show the orbit of (4305) Clapton in relation to the major planets in the inner solar system.

Source: http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ 


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