(3868) Mendoza
Asteroid (3868) Mendoza |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3342 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0986 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1040 AU - 2.5643 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.1025 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.57 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.49 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | 2.7709 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 4575 PL, 1952 HV 3 , 1935 SA 1 , 1953 TD 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. |
(3868) Mendoza is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 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 was named after the Mexican astronomer Eugenio E. Mendoza V. (* 1928) on the occasion of his 65th birthday .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Mendoza: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3868) Mendoza in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3868) Mendoza in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- Johnston's Archives: (3868) Mendoza