(2462) Nehalennia
Asteroid (2462) Nehalennia |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Hertha family |
Major semi-axis | 2.4092 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1401 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0716 AU - 2.7468 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.986 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,739 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.19 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 6578 PL , 1977 DV, 1977 ES |
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. |
(2462) Nehalennia 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 name of the asteroid is derived from the Roman goddess Nehalennia .