(2799) Justus
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Asteroid (2799) Justus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3881 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1266 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0857 AU - 2.6904 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.294 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,690 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.27 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 1981 ET 4 |
| 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. | |
(2799) Justus 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 Dutch astronomer Justus Cramer .