(15732) Vitus Bering
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Asteroid (15732) Vitus Bering |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Veritas family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1682 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0540 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9970 AU - 3.3393 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.3993 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.64 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 19.88 km |
| Albedo | 0.0408 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | November 15, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 VZ 5 , 1985 XZ 2 , 1999 JO 83 |
| 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. | |
(15732) Vitus Bering is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 November 1990 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory was discovered.
It was named in honor of the Danish explorer Vitus Bering , who explored the passage between Europe and America ( Bering Strait ) in Russian services .