(2471) Ultrajectum
Asteroid (2471) Ultrajectum |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9977 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0845 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7445 AU - 3.2509 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.294 ° |
Sidereal period | 5,190 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.203 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 16 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 6545 PL, 1953 FW, 1976 UV 2 |
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. |
(2471) Ultrajectum 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 was named after the Latin name of the Dutch city of Utrecht .