(3052) hearts

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Asteroid
(3052) hearts
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3733  AU
eccentricity 0.1839
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9368 AU - 2.8098 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.9003 °
Sidereal period 3.66 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.33 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 15.18 km (± 1.3)
Albedo 0.0441
Rotation period 11.605 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer LI Chernych
Date of discovery December 16, 1976
Another name 1976 YJ 3 , 1952 HH 3 , 1972 TE 4
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(3052) Herzen is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on December 16, 1976 by the Russian astronomer Lyudmila Ivanovna Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj .

The asteroid was named after the Russian philosopher , writer and publicist Alexander Iwanowitsch Herzen (1812-1870).

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