(2608) Seneca
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Asteroid (2608) Seneca |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5024 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.5769 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.0587 AU - 3.9461 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.001 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,959 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.83 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 0.9 km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | 0.210 |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | approx. 8 h |
| Absolute brightness | 16,851 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Hans-Emil Schuster |
| Date of discovery | 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 DA |
| 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. | |
(2608) Seneca is an asteroid of the Amor type , which was discovered on February 17, 1978 by Hans-Emil Schuster at the European Southern Observatory in La Silla .
The asteroid was named after the Roman writer Seneca .