(2927) Alamosa

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Asteroid
(2927) Alamosa
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5323  AU
eccentricity 0.1684
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1059 AU - 2.9586 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 17.0074 °
Sidereal period 4.03 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.72 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.1 mag
history
Explorer Norman G. Thomas
Date of discovery 5th October 1981
Another name 1981 TM, 1936 OA, 1975 TN 2
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(2927) Alamosa is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US on 5 October 1981 by the astronomer Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory ( IAU code in 688) Flagstaff was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the birthplace of the explorer, the small town of Alamosa in Alamosa County in the US state of Colorado , named.

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