(849) Ara
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Asteroid (849) Macaw |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1554 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1951 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5397 AU - 3.771 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.486 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.605 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.77 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 61.82 km |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Rotation period | 4,116 h |
| Absolute brightness | 7,948 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | SI Beljavski |
| Date of discovery | 1912 |
| Another name | 1912 NY, 1935 FU, 1960 WN |
| 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. | |
(849) Ara is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9 February 1912 by the Russian astronomer Sergei Ivanovich Beljavski the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in simeiz was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is derived from ARA, the abbreviation for American Relief Administration , a US relief operation to fight a famine in Europe and the Soviet Union after the First World War .