(851) Zeissia

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Asteroid
(851) Zeissia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.22833  AU
eccentricity 0.0903
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0271 AU - 3.4296 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.391 °
Sidereal period 3,326 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.95 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 12.26 km
Albedo 0.265
Rotation period 9.340 h
Absolute brightness 11,357 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer SI Beljavski
Date of discovery 1916
Another name 1916 S26, 1950 NS 1 , 1950 PA 1
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(851) Zeissia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 2, 1916 by the Russian astronomer Sergei Ivanovich Beljavski the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in simeiz was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the German optician and company founder Carl Zeiß .

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