(716) Berkeley
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Asteroid (716) Berkeley |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.816 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.085 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.578 AU - 3.054 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.5 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 146.3 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 54.4 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | February 25, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 265 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
| Albedo | 0.18 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.8 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | J. Palisa |
| Date of discovery | July 30, 1911 |
| Another name | 1911 MD, 1947 CH, 1952 FA |
| 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. | |
(716) Berkeley is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 July 1911 by the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the US city of Berkeley , known as the location of the University of California .