(3509) Sanshui

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Asteroid
(3509) Sanshui
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5981  AU
eccentricity 0.1532
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1999 AU - 2.9962 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.8117 °
Length of the ascending node 219.8376 °
Argument of the periapsis 139.1719 °
Sidereal period 4,192 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.47 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 9.320 ± 0.125 km
Albedo 0.322 ± 0.019
Rotation period 13.68 h
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer Purple Mountain Observatory
Date of discovery October 28, 1978
Another name 1978 UH 2 , 1957 UB 1 , 1982 UH 3
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(3509) Sanshui is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 28, 1978 at the Purple Mountain Observatory ( IAU code 330) in Nanjing was discovered.

The asteroid was named after Sanshui , a district in Foshan City in southern China 's Guangdong Province .

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