(2054) Gawain
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Asteroid (2054) Gawain |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9626 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1036 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6557 AU - 3.2694 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.787 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.099 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.30 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.0 km |
| Albedo | 0.070 |
| Rotation period | 11.110 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4097 PL, 193 FG 1 |
| 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. | |
(2054) Gawain 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 table knight Gawain .