(2592) Hunan
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Asteroid (2592) Hunan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1166 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1268 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7214 AU - 3.5117 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.334 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,502 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.87 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 19 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | January 30, 1966 |
| Another name | 1966 BW, 1969 TV 6 , 1975 NX 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. | |
(2592) Hunan is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 January 1966 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Chinese province of Hunan .