(2682) Soromundi

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Asteroid
(2682) Soromundi
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Asteroid family Duponta family
Major semi-axis 2.27 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1701 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8839 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.6561 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.4951 ± 0.0324 °
Length of the ascending node 127.2612 ± 0.3879 °
Argument of the periapsis 183.2438 ± 0.406 °
Time of passage of the perihelion September 6, 2020
Sidereal period 3.42 a ± 0.0587 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.344 ± 0.040 km
Albedo 0.199 ± 0.019
Rotation period 9.385 h
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Scolded John Bus , Eleanor HelinUnited StatesUnited States 
Date of discovery June 25, 1979
Another name 1979 MF 4 ; 1972 LO
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.

(2682) Soromundi ( 1979 MF 4 ; 1972 LO ) is an asteroid about five kilometers in size of the main inner belt that was scolded on June 25, 1979 by the American astronomers John Bus and Eleanor Helin at the Siding Spring Observatory nearby from Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260). It belongs to the Duponta family , a group of asteroids named after (1338) Duponta .

designation

(2682) Soromundi is the Latin word for "sisters of the world" and is named after the Los Angeles division of the Young Women's Christian Association .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 MF 4 . Discovered 1979 June 25 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2681) Ostrovsky numbering (2683) Brian