(2412) Wil
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Asteroid (2412) Wil |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6778 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1505 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2748 AU - 3.0808 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.137 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,382 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.20 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 13 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11,648 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 17, 1960 |
| Another name | 3537 PL, 1955 MK, 1969 TD 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. | |
(2412) Wil is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 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 the wife of the Dutch astronomer Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst , after whom the asteroid (2413) van de Hulst was named.