(2264) Sabrina
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Asteroid (2264) Sabrina |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1313 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1741 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5862 AU - 3.6763 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.1577 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.54 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.82 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 27.52 km (± 1.3) |
| Albedo | 0.1472 |
| Rotation period | 43.41 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | December 16, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 YK, 1932 JD, 1933 SU, 1939 VJ, 1966 QK, 1970 HM, 1975 ED 2 , 1976 JT 1 , 1977 FJ, 1978 WY 4 |
| 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. | |
(2264) Sabrina is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16 December 1979 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station (IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the legendary English princess Sabrina , the daughter of King Locrine , who, according to legend, was drowned in the Severn . After this event, the river was named Sabrina in Latin .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sabrina: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2264) Sabrina in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2264) Sabrina in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).