(2495) Noviomagum

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Asteroid
(2495) Noviomagum
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 1.9177  AU
eccentricity 0.1024
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7213 AU - 2.1141 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 21.1197 °
Sidereal period 2.66 a
Mean orbital velocity 21.51 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.2 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels
Date of discovery October 17, 1960
Another name 7071 PL , 1976 UG 13
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(2495) Noviomagum is an asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered on October 17, 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 was named after the Latin name of the Dutch city of Nijmegen .

See also