(3443) Leetsungdao

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Asteroid
(3443) Leetsungdao
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3924  AU
eccentricity 0.3069
Perihelion - aphelion 1.6583 AU - 3.1266 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.684 °
Sidereal period 3,701 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.26 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 3.440 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: T
history
Explorer Purple Mountain Observatory
Date of discovery September 26, 1979
Another name 1979 SB 1 , 1938 LA, 1968 UP 2
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(3443) Leetsungdao is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 September 1979 at Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.

The name of the asteroid is derived from the Sino-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner Tsung-Dao Lee .

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