(4978) Seitz
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Asteroid (4978) Seitz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6288 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2115 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0727 AU - 3.1848 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.02 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,262 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.37 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 29th September 1973 |
| Another name | 4069 T-2, 1969 VA 3 , 1990 QQ 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. | |
(4978) Seitz is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
It is not known who the asteroid was named after.