(4906) Seneferu
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Asteroid (4906) Seneferu |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1766 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2150 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7087 AU - 2.6446 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.651 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.211 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.19 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 1960 |
| Another name | 2533 PL, 1976 SQ 1 |
| 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. | |
(4906) Seneferu is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid was named after the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Sneferu (often in English Seneferu written) named.