(2620) Santana
Asteroid (2620) Santana |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8583 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0702 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6576 AU - 3.0590 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0867 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 73.0570 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 314.7080 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.83 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.62 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 3.3918 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Zdeňka Vávrová |
Date of discovery | 3rd October 1980 |
Another name | 1980 TN , 1973 FB, 1974 MC |
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. |
(2620) Santana is a asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 October 1980 by the Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová at Kleť Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 046).
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .
(2620) Santana was named after the Mexican rock musician and guitarist Carlos Santana (* 1947), who expanded the spectrum of rock music as the creator of Latin rock .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Santana: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2620) Santana in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2620) Santana in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (2620) Santana in the AstDyS-2 database (English)