(2798) Vergilius
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Asteroid (2798) Vergilius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4178 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0592 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2745 AU - 2.5609 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.327 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.759 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2009 PL, 1979 UY 4 , 1979 WB 7 |
| 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. | |
(2798) Vergilius is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid is named after the Roman poet Virgil .