(3097) Tacitus
Asteroid (3097) Tacitus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.9321 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0850 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6828 AU - 3.1814 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.453 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.148 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.39 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2011 PL, 1965 SX, 1975 TL |
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(3097) Tacitus 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 Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus .