(2782) Leonidas
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Asteroid (2782) Leonidas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Leonidas group |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6786 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2227 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0821 AU - 3.2751 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.777 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,384 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.20 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 26 km |
| Absolute brightness | 13,339 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2605 PL, 1969 UO 2 , 1973 QW 1 |
| 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. | |
(2782) Leonidas 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 the historic Spartan King Leonidas I. derived.