(2042) Sitarski
Asteroid (2042) Sitarski |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Merxia family |
Major semi-axis | 2.7524 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1519 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3343 AU - 3.1706 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.331 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,566 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.95 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.606 mag |
Spectral class | Sq |
history | |
Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 4633 PL, 1971 BQ |
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. |
(2042) Sitarski is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .
The asteroid is named after the Polish astronomer Grzegorz Sitarski .