(1762) Russell
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Asteroid (1762) Russell |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.875 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.076 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.657 AU - 3.095 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.278 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.88 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.6 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 17 km |
| Albedo | 0,201 |
| Rotation period | 12.797 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.2 mag |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | October 8, 1953 |
| Another name | 1953 TZ, 1947 LM, 1953 TW 2 , 1956 GF, 1963 VN |
| 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. | |
(1762) Russell is a major belt asteroid . He was born on October 8, 1953 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn (Indiana) within the Indiana Asteroid Program of the Indiana University discovered.
It was named in honor of Henry Norris Russell , an American astronomer.