8013 Gordonmoore

8013 Gordonmoore
Discovery
Discovered by	E. F. Helin
Discovery site	Palomar Obs.
Discovery date	18 May 1990
Designations
MPC designation	(8013) Gordonmoore
Named after	Gordon Moore; (Intel co-founder)
Alternative designations	1990 KA
Minor planet category	NEO · Amor
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	64.90 yr (23,703 days)
Earliest precovery date	1 September 1951
Aphelion	3.1498 AU
Perihelion	1.2503 AU
Semi-major axis	2.2000 AU
Eccentricity	0.4317
Orbital period (sidereal)	3.26 yr (1,192 days)
Mean anomaly	126.01°
Mean motion	0° 18m 7.2s / day
Inclination	7.5685°
Longitude of ascending node	105.57°
Argument of perihelion	146.73°
Earth MOID	0.2472 AU · 96.3 LD
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	1.04 km (derived); 2.3 km
Synodic rotation period	6 h (dated); 8.40±0.01 h
Geometric albedo	0.20 (assumed)
Spectral type	S
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.67±0.2 (R) · 16.9 · 17.26±0.149 · 17.26 · 17.27±0.15

8013 Gordonmoore, provisional designation 1990 KA, is an eccentric, stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 1–2 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid was discovered on 18 May 1990, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory in California, United States.^[3] It was named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore.^[2]

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