(937) Bethgea
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Asteroid (937) Bethgea |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1703 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2170 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7473 AU - 2.7160 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.696 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.33 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.94 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 27 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 7.5 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | September 12, 1920 |
| Another name | 1920 HO , 1946 GC, 1959 EQ |
| 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. | |
(937) Bethgea is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 12, 1920 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the German poet Hans Bethge .