(554) Peraga

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Asteroid
(554) Peraga
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2,375  AU
eccentricity 0.153
Perihelion - aphelion 2.012 AU - 2.738 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.9 °
Length of the ascending node 295.5 °
Argument of the periapsis 127.2 °
Time of passage of the perihelion September 22, 2010
Sidereal period 3 a 241 d
Mean orbital velocity 19.2 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 95.08 km
Albedo 0.0496
Rotation period 13 h 43 min
Absolute brightness 8.97 likes
Spectral class FC
history
Explorer Paul Goetz
Date of discovery January 8, 1905
Another name 1905 PS, A896 RB, A900 UC
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(554) Peraga is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 8, 1905 by German astronomer Paul Götz in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Peraga fraction of the Italian city of Vigonza .

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