(2455) Somville

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Asteroid
(2455) Somville
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7271  AU
eccentricity 0.0874
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4888 AU - 2.9654 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.54 °
Sidereal period 4,504 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.04 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 16 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 11.8 mag
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer S. Arend
Date of discovery 5th October 1950
Another name 1950 TO 4 , 1934 CA 1 , 1941 SM 1
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(2455) Somville is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 October 1950 by the Belgian astronomers Sylvain Arend in Uccle was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the seismologist Oscar Somville .

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