(7041) Nantucket

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Asteroid
(7041) Nantucket
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2367  AU
eccentricity 0.1449
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9126 AU - 2.5607 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.0658 °
Length of the ascending node 199.6240 °
Argument of the periapsis 162.5150 °
Sidereal period 3.35 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.91 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 4.30 h
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 4081 PL , 1980 PF 1 , 1983 NG
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(7041) Nantucket is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

The asteroid was named after the island of Nantucket , located off the coast of the US state of Massachusetts , which is best known for its whaling from the port of the same name in the 18th century .

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