(2387) Xi'an
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Asteroid (2387) Xi'an |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0226 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.073 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8019 AU - 3.2432 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.975 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.255 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.13 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.3 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | March 17, 1975 |
| Another name | 1975 FX, 1936 UE, 1949 FH 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. | |
(2387) Xi'an is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 March 1975 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Chinese city of Xi'an , the capital of Shaanxi Province .