(1924) Horus
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Asteroid (1924) Horus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3390 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1324 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0292 AU - 2.6488 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.735 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,577 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.48 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 12.28 km |
| Albedo | 0.089 |
| Rotation period | 6.183 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13,358 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4023 PL, 1969 BA, 1951 BD |
| 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. | |
(1924) Horus 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 asteroid is named after the Egyptian deity Horus .