(1578) Kirkwood
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Asteroid (1578) Kirkwood |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.9268 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2368 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9968 AU - 4.8568 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.811 ° |
| Sidereal period | 7.782 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 15.03 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 47.08 km |
| Albedo | 0.063 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 10.26 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | January 10, 1951 |
| Another name | 1951 AT, 1944 DF, 1949 TF |
| 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. | |
(1578) Kirkwood is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 10 January 1951 at the Goethe Link Observatory of Indiana University was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood .