(2155) Wodan
Asteroid (2155) Wodan |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8561 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0779 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6337 AU - 3.0785 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.542 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,827 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.62 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 8.5 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 6542 PL, 1965 US 1 , 1970 WS |
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. |
(2155) Wodan 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 bears the name of the Norse deity Wodan ( Odin ).