(728) Leonisis

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Asteroid
(728) Leonisis
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.254  AU
eccentricity 0.088
Perihelion - aphelion 2.056 AU - 2.452 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.3 °
Length of the ascending node 82.6 °
Argument of the periapsis 55.4 °
Sidereal period 3.38 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.84 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.887 (± 0.481) km
Albedo 0.160 (± 0.053)
Rotation period 5.5783 h
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer J. Palisa
Date of discovery February 16, 1912
Another name 1912 NU , 1941 WR, 1968 UT, A907 UE
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.

(728) Leonisis is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on February 16, 1912 by the Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in Vienna .

The name of the asteroid is derived from Leo Gans , former president of the Physical Society , and the Egyptian goddess Isis as the emblematic figure of the same.

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