(11780) Thunder Bay
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Asteroid (11780) Thunder Bay |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5469 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2730 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8515 AU - 3.2423 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.366 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.065 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.66 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 295 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Liisi Oterma |
| Date of discovery | October 3, 1942 |
| Another name | 1942 TB , 1990 KE 3 , 1994 LK 10 |
| 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. | |
(11780) Thunder Bay is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 October 1942 by the Finnish astronomer liisi oterma in Turku was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Canadian city of Thunder Bay on February 12, 2017 .