(3734) Waland
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Asteroid (3734) Waland |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Agnia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7468 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0554 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5945 AU - 2.899 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.48 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,552 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.97 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Ld |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 17, 1960 |
| Another name | 9527 PL, 1974 TK 1 , 1978 PK 2 |
| 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. | |
(3734) Waland is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid is named after the Scottish optician Robert L. Waland , who developed new techniques for manufacturing the Schmidt telescope .