(3092) Herodotus
Asteroid (3092) Herodotus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.5307 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1215 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.1017 AU - 3.9597 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.942 ° |
Sidereal period | 6,634 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 15.85 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 35.06 km |
Albedo | 0.057 |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 11,124 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 1960 |
Another name | 6550 PL, 1980 TH 10 , 1983 CC 1 |
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. |
(3092) Herodotus 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 reminiscent of the Greek historian and ethnologist Herodotus .