(2463) Sterpin
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Asteroid (2463) sterpin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6028 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1528 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2051 AU - 3.0005 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.391 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,199 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.46 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 11 km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | 0.263 |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | 13.440 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11,679 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | George Van Biesbroeck |
| Date of discovery | March 10, 1934 |
| Another name | 1934 FF, 1930 FF, 1930 FN |
| 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. | |
(2463) Sterpin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on March 10, 1934 by the Belgian astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay , Wisconsin was discovered.
The asteroid was named on April 21, 1989 after Julia Sterpin Van Biesbroeck (1882–1968), the discoverer's wife. The suggestion for a name came from the daughter.
Web links
- (2463) Sterpin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2463) Sterpin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (2463) Sterpin according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)