(3494) Purple Mountain
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Asteroid (3494) Purple Mountain |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3496 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1302 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0436 AU - 2.6556 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.838 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,602 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.43 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | 7th December 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 XW, 1962 WV 1 , 1969 UD |
| 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. | |
(3494) Purple Mountain is an asteroid of the main belt , which on December 7, 1980 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid bears the name of the observatory where it was discovered.