(2155) Wodan
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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 ).