(2156) Kate
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Asteroid (2156) Kate |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2410 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2021 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7889 AU - 2.695 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.355 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,357 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.89 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | ? |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | 5.620 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.69 likes |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | SI Beljawski |
| Date of discovery | 1917 |
| Another name | A917 SH, 1970 LK, 1979 BC |
| 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. | |
(2156) Kate is an asteroid of the main belt , which on September 23 in 1917 by the Russian astronomer Sergei Ivanovich Beliavsky at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in simeiz was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the wife of the Danish astronomer Leif Kahl Kristensen . Kristensen had done some of the asteroid's orbit calculations.