(2413) van de Hulst

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Asteroid
(2413) van de Hulst
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0166  AU
eccentricity 0.1109
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6821 AU - 3.3511 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.636 °
Sidereal period 5,239 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.149 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter (22.8 ± 2.0) km
Albedo 0.162
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11,282 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 6816 PL, 1931 EM, 1952 DV 1
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(2413) van de Hulst 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 Dutch astronomer and astrophysicist Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst .

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