(2818) Juvenalis
| Asteroid (2818) juvenalis | |
|---|---|
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid | 
| Asteroid family | Hertha family | 
| Major semi-axis | 2.3762 AU | 
| eccentricity | 0.1519 | 
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0154 AU - 2.7371 AU | 
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.959 ° | 
| Sidereal period | 3,663 a | 
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.32 km / s | 
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag | 
| Spectral class | SMASSII: S. | 
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels | 
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 | 
| Another name | 2580 PL, 1973 DL, 1973 FA 2 | 
| 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. | |
(2818) Juvenalis 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 name of the asteroid is derived from the Roman satirist Juvenal .
