(2017) Wesson
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Asteroid (2017) Wesson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2521 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1855 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8343 AU - 2.6698 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.86 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,380 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.85 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | 2,988 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.78 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | M. Wolf |
| Date of discovery | 1903 |
| Another name | A903 SC, 1949 CG, 1970 GE |
| 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. | |
(2017) Wesson is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 20, 1903 by the German astronomer Max Wolf in Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell , wife of the American astronomer Conrad Bardwell .