(877) Valkyrie
Asteroid (877) Valkyrie |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4864 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1606 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0872 AU - 2.8857 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.256 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,921 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.89 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 38.41 km |
Albedo | 0.062 |
Rotation period | 17.44 h |
Absolute brightness | 10,665 likes |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | GN new ymin |
Date of discovery | 1915 |
Another name | 1915 S7, A909 GC |
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. |
(877) Valkyrie is an asteroid of the main belt , which on September 13, 1915 by the Russian astronomer Grigori N. Neujmin the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory , simeiz was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the warlike Valkyries from Nordic mythology.