(479) Caprera
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Asteroid (479) Caprera |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.723 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.217 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.133 AU - 3.313 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.7 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 136.1 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 269.9 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 30, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 180 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.8 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 73 km |
| Albedo | 0.05 |
| Rotation period | 9.4 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.6 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Luigi Carnera |
| Date of discovery | November 12, 1901 |
| Another name | 1901 HJ, 1956 EA 1 , 1957 HD |
| 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. | |
(479) Caprera is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 12, 1901 by the Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera in Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after the island of Caprera , which belongs to the La Maddalena archipelago off Sardinia .