(2200) Pasadena
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Asteroid (2200) Pasadena  | 
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid | 
| Major semi-axis | 2.4047 AU | 
| eccentricity | 0.1486 | 
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0475 AU - 2.7619 AU | 
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.592 ° | 
| Sidereal period | 3,729 a | 
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.21 km / s | 
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km | 
| Albedo | ? | 
| Rotation period | ? H | 
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag | 
| Spectral class | ? | 
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels | 
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 | 
| Another name | 6090 PL, 1966 DJ, 1977 AT 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. | |
(2200) Pasadena 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 US city of Pasadena in the state of California .