(2741) Valdivia
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Asteroid (2741) Valdivia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.609 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.135 AU - 3.083 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.3 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 151.1 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 91.3 ° |
| Sidereal period | 1539 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.9 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Rotation period | 4.1 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carlos Torres and Sergio Barros |
| Date of discovery | 1st December 1975 |
| Another name | 1975 XG, 1935 CM, 1952 DJ 2 , 1953 QS, 1969 EB 1 , 1969 FC, 1973 FX 1 , 1979 UA 1 , 1990 FO 3 |
| 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. | |
(2741) Valdivia is a main belt asteroid discovered by Carlos Torres and Sergio Barros at the Cerro El Roble Observatory on December 1, 1975. It was named after the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia . Observations from the Carbuncle Hill Observatory, Rhode Island , in 2003, determined the period of rotation to be 4096 ± 0.001 hours and the fluctuation in brightness to 0.40 ± 0.03 mag.