(1881) Shao
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Asteroid (1881) Shao |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1634 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1109 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8127 AU - 3.5141 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.874 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,627 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 24 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | August 3, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 PC, 1968 OO |
| 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. | |
(1881) Shao is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 3, 1940 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory at the University of Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after Cheng-yuan Shao , assistant to US astronomer Richard Eugene McCrosky .