(2662) Kandinsky
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Asteroid (2662) Kandinsky |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4390 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1602 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0481 AU - 2.8298 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.914 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,809 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.07 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 10.5 km |
| Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4021 PL, 1977 DZ 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. | |
(2662) Kandinsky 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 reminiscent of the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky .