(1607) Mavis
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Asteroid (1607) Mavis |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.551 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.305 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1,774 AU - 3,328 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.578 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.07 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (11.97 ± 1) km |
| Albedo | 0.28 ± 0.05 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.60 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. L. Johnson |
| Date of discovery | 3rd September 1950 |
| Another name | 1950 RA, 1934 VQ, 1958 OB, 1958 PD, A903 BH |
| 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. | |
(1607) Mavis is an asteroid of the main belt , which on September 3, 1950 by E. L. Johnson , from the Union Observatory in Johannesburg , was discovered off.
The asteroid is named after the first name of the wife of JA Bruwer , an astronomer at the Union Observatory.