(2806) Graz

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Asteroid
(2806) Graz
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2,379  AU
eccentricity 0.047
Perihelion - aphelion 2.268 AU - 2.49 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.3 °
Length of the ascending node 116.1 °
Argument of the periapsis 312.4 °
Sidereal period 3.67 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 13,132 km
Albedo 0.059
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
history
Explorer K. Reinmuth
Date of discovery April 7, 1953
Another name 1953 GG, 1951 WK 1 , 1953 HB, 1969 UX 1 , 1980 RO 4 , 1982 DA 2
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(2806) Graz is an asteroid of the inner main belt . It was discovered on April 7, 1953 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory at the University of Heidelberg and has a diameter of around thirteen kilometers.

The asteroid is named after the Styrian capital Graz .

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