(2677) Joan

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Asteroid
(2677) Joan
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 2.9947  AU
eccentricity 0.0447
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8607 AU - 3.1286 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.07 °
Sidereal period 5,182 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.21 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 20.59 km
Albedo 0.096
Absolute brightness 11,546 likes
history
Explorer M. Laugier
Date of discovery March 25, 1935
Another name 1935 FF, 1930 FO, 1951 JL
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(2677) Joan is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 March 1935 by the French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at Nice was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the secretary Joan Jordan of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics .

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