(1667) Pels
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Asteroid (1667) Pels |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1901 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1554 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8497 AU - 2.5305 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.617 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.241 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.13 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 13 km |
| Rotation period | 3.268 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11,974 likes |
| Spectral class | Sat |
| history | |
| Explorer | H. van Gent |
| Date of discovery | September 16, 1930 |
| Another name | 1930 SY, 1933 HD, 1936 JA |
| 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. | |
(1667) Pels is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on September 16, 1930 by the Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent in Johannesburg .
The asteroid is named after G. Pels , a computational assistant at the Leiden observatory.