(2177) Oliver
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Asteroid (2177) Oliver |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1953 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8912 AU - 3.4994 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.536 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.712 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.66 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.4 km |
| Albedo | 0.128 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11,828 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6551 PL, 1971 QE, 1975 EP 3 |
| 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. | |
(2177) Oliver 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 Bernard M. Oliver , a researcher at Hewlett-Packard .