(2551) Decabrina
Asteroid (2551) Decabrina |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
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 |
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. |
(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.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Decabrina: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2551) Decabrina in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2551) Decabrina in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).