(1808) Bellerophon
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Asteroid (1808) Bellerophon |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7474 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1798 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2535 AU - 3.2413 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.036 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,554 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.97 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.40 km |
| Albedo | 0.108 |
| Absolute brightness | 11,874 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2517 PL, 1928 RY, 1953 ED |
| 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. | |
(1808) Bellerophon is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the mythological Greek hero Bellerophon .