(2224) Tucson
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Asteroid (2224) Tucson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8797 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0485 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7399 AU - 3.0194 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.67 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,887 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.55 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (22.7 ± 2.2) km |
| Albedo | 0.124 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11,837 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2528 PL, 1975 VO 4 |
| 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. | |
(2224) Tucson 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 name of the asteroid is derived from the US city of Tucson in the state of Arizona .