(7684) Marioferrero

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Asteroid
(7684) Marioferrero
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Agnia family
Major semi-axis 2.7957  AU
eccentricity 0.0541
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6443 AU - 2.9470 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.0561 °
Length of the ascending node 341.3919 °
Argument of the periapsis 282.8811 °
Sidereal period 4.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.81 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 17.269 h
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Paul G. Comba
Date of discovery March 3, 1997
Another name 1997 EY , 1983 FO, 1983 GS, 1990 VB 13 , 1994 RF 29
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.

(7684) Marioferrero is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 March 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code discovered 684) was.

The asteroid is a member of the Agnia family, a group of asteroids that were formed no more than 140 million years ago when a large body broke apart and named after their largest member (847) Agnia .

(7684) Marioferrero was named after the Italian astronomer Mario A. Ferrero (1904–1965).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (7684) Marioferrero in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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