(2790) Needham
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Asteroid (2790) Needham |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6544 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1803 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1758 AU - 3.1329 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.664 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,325 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.28 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12,259 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | October 19, 1965 |
| Another name | 1965 UU 1 , 1978 UR 2 , 1980 DR 1 |
| 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. | |
(2790) Needham is an asteroid of the main belt , the October 19, 1965 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the British sinologist Joseph Needham .