(2551) Decabrina

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Asteroid
(2551) Decabrina
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1537  AU
eccentricity 0.1725
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6096 AU - 3.6979 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.6302 °
Sidereal period 5.60 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.78 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 16 km
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery October 13, 1976
Another name 1976 YX 1 , 1955 BV
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(2551) Decabrina is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on October 13, 1976 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the Decembrists , a group of aristocratic revolutionaries who attempted an uprising against Tsar Nicholas I in 1825 to push through reforms.

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