(850) Altona
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Asteroid (850) Altona |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9985 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1272 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6172 AU - 3.3799 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.486 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,192 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.20 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 80.90 km |
| Albedo | 0.039 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 9,554 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | SI Beljavski |
| Date of discovery | 1916 |
| Another name | 1916 S24, A923 RP |
| 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. | |
(850) Altona is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 27, 1916 by the Russian astronomer Sergej Ivanovich Beljavski at the Crimean Observatory in Simejis .
The asteroid is named after the Hamburg district and location of the observatory, where Heinrich Christian Schumacher began publishing the Astronomical News in 1821 .