(2818) Juvenalis
Asteroid (2818) juvenalis |
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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 .