(3468) Urgenta
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Asteroid (3468) Urgenta |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.023 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.085 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.766 AU - 3.281 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.990 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.26 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.1 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 14 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul Wild |
| Date of discovery | 7th January 1975 |
| Another name | 1975 AM, 1984 YD |
| 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. | |
(3468) Urgenta is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 7, 1975 by the Swiss astronomer Paul Wild from the Zimmerwald Observatory at the University of Bern .
The asteroid is named after the potato variety of the same name, alluding to the likely shape of the object .