(3340) Yinhai
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Asteroid (3340) Yinhai  | 
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid | 
| Major semi-axis | 2.2338 AU | 
| eccentricity | 0.1940 | 
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8005 AU - 2.667 AU | 
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.605 ° | 
| Sidereal period | 3,339 a | 
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.93 km / s | 
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km | 
| Albedo | ? | 
| Rotation period | ? H | 
| Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag | 
| Spectral class | S. | 
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory | 
| Date of discovery | October 12, 1979 | 
| Another name | 1979 TK, 1939 UE, 1969 TT 4 | 
| 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. | |
(3340) Yinhai is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 October 1979 at Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid is named after Yinhai , a district on Hailing Island in the South China Sea , which belongs to Guangxi .