(1629) Pecker
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Asteroid (1629) Pecker |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2386 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1544 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8929 AU - 2.5843 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.704 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,349 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.91 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.34 km |
| Albedo | 0.185 |
| Absolute brightness | 12,436 likes |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Louis Boyer |
| Date of discovery | February 28, 1952 |
| Another name | 1952 DB, 1942 DE, 1949 HK |
| 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. | |
(1629) Pecker is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 February 1952 by the French astronomer Louis Boyer in Algiers was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the French astronomer Jean-Claude Pecker (1923-2020), who was director of the Nice observatory at the time of Louis Boyer's stay in Nice.