(780) Armenia
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Asteroid (780) Armenia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Armenia family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.116 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.097 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.815 AU - 3.417 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.1 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 145 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 216.3 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 14, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 182 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.8 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 126 km |
| Albedo | 0.03 |
| Rotation period | 19 h 53 min |
| Absolute brightness | 9.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | G. N. Nikolayevich |
| Date of discovery | January 25, 1914 |
| Another name | 1914 UC, A909 DE |
| 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. | |
(780) Armenia is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on January 25, 1914 by the Russian astronomer Grigory Nikolayevich Neuimin in Simejis .
The asteroid is named after the country of Armenia .