(1580) Betulia
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Asteroid (1580) Betulia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1965 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.4876 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.1254 AU - 3.2676 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 52.1034 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 62.3140 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,256 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.10 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.8 km |
| Albedo | 0.08 |
| Rotation period | 6.1324 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | EL Johnson |
| Date of discovery | May 22, 1950 |
| Another name | 1950 KA |
| 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. | |
(1580) Betulia is an asteroid of the Amor type that on 22 May 1950 by Ernest Leonard Johnson , from the Union Observatory ( observatory code 078) in Johannesburg was made, discovered.
Betulia is named after the first name of his wife, Samuel Herricks, an engineer and astronomer who studied the orbit of this asteroid.