(2169) Taiwan
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Asteroid (2169) Taiwan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Astrid family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7885 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0523 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6427 AU - 2.9344 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.53 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.657 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 16.80 km |
| Albedo | 0.099 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.45 mag |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | November 9, 1964 |
| Another name | 1964 VP 1 , 1938 DV 1 , 1975 DH 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. | |
(2169) Taiwan is an asteroid of the main belt , which on November 9, 1964 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the island of Taiwan , southeast of China .