(2758) Cordelia
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Asteroid (2758) Cordelia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5511 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2770 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8445 AU - 3.2577 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7999 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 335.5629 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 66.2848 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.07 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.65 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 24 km |
| Albedo | 0.15 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | September 1, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 RF , 1980 FK 1 , A921 WB |
| 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. | |
(2758) Cordelia is an asteroid located in the Main Belt . It was discovered on September 1, 1978 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
Its name goes back to "Cordelia, the youngest king's daughter" in Shakespeare's King Lear .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Cordelia: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2758) Cordelia in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2758) Cordelia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).