(2813) Zappalà
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Asteroid (2813) Zappalà |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1382 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1505 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6660 AU - 3.6103 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.7378 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.56 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 33 km |
| Albedo | 0.07 |
| Absolute brightness | 11 likes |
| Spectral class | SMASS: T |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | November 24, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 WZ , 1931 VZ, 1949 FC, 1964 TH, 1979 OS 14 |
| 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. | |
(2813) Zappala is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 November 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after Vincenzo Zappalà (* 1945), who works at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino and maintains the website Astronomia.com.
Web links
- Asteroid Zappalà: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2813) Zappalà in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2813) Zappalà in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).