(2620) Santana

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Asteroid
(2620) Santana
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8583  AU
eccentricity 0.0702
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6576 AU - 3.0590 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.0867 °
Length of the ascending node 73.0570 °
Argument of the periapsis 314.7080 °
Sidereal period 4.83 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.62 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 3.3918 h
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer Zdeňka Vávrová
Date of discovery 3rd October 1980
Another name 1980 TN , 1973 FB, 1974 MC
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.

(2620) Santana is a asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 October 1980 by the Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová at Kleť Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 046).

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

(2620) Santana was named after the Mexican rock musician and guitarist Carlos Santana (* 1947), who expanded the spectrum of rock music as the creator of Latin rock .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (2620) Santana in the AstDyS-2 database (English)