(2738) Viracocha
Asteroid (2738) Viracocha |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7196 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1145 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4082 AU - 3.0310 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.1142 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 290.6733 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 266.2464 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,487 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.05 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | György Kulin |
Date of discovery | March 12, 1940 |
Another name | 1940 EC , 1949 FC 1 , 1954 LK, 1971 BL 1 , 1974 XZ, 1976 GN 5 , 1978 TD 3 |
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. |
(2738) Viracocha is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 March 1940 by the Hungarian astronomers György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory ( observatory code 053) in Budapest was discovered.
The asteroid is named after Viracocha , a high god of the Incas.
See also
Web links
- (2738) Viracocha: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (2738) Viracocha in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2738) Viracocha in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).