(2076) Levin
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Asteroid (2076) Levin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Levin family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2736 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1519 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9282 AU - 2.6189 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.9929 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 328.9577 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 74.8918 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.43 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Harvard College Observatory |
| Date of discovery | November 16, 1974 |
| Another name | 1974 WA |
| 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. | |
(2076) Levin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on November 16 of 1974, the Harvard College Observatory ( IAU code 802) in Cambridge in the state of US- Massachusetts was discovered.
According to the AstDyS-2 database, (2076) Levin is the namesake of the Levin family.
The asteroid was named after the Soviet astronomer and geophysicist Boris Julewitsch Levin (1912–1989).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Levin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2076) Levin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2076) Levin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)