(2800) Ovidius
Asteroid (2800) Ovidius |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1547 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1411 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7094 AU - 3.5999 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.076 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.603 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.77 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 4585 PL, 1981 JF 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. |
(2800) Ovidius 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 derived from the Roman poet Ovid .