(2225) Serkowski
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Asteroid (2225) Serkowski |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8533 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0297 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7684 AU - 2.9382 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.264 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,820 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.63 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 13 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11,882 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6546 PL, 1951 WM 1 , 1970 WL |
| 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. | |
(2225) Serkowski 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 Polish-American astronomer Krysztof M. Serkowski .