(1539) Borrelly
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Asteroid (1539) Borrelly |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3,150 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.573 AU - 3.728 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.725 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.59 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.78 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 27 km |
| Albedo | 0.142 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.2 mag |
| Spectral class | B. |
| history | |
| Explorer | André Patry |
| Date of discovery | October 29, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 UB, 1929 VL, 1934 RA, A923 RJ |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1539) Borrelly is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 29 October 1940 by the French astronomer André Patry in Nice was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the French astronomer Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly .