(2934) Aristophanes
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Asteroid (2934) Aristophanes |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Veritas family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1716 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0428 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.0359 AU - 3.3074 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.811 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,649 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.72 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 22 km |
| Albedo | 0.076 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Ch |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 25, 1960 |
| Another name | 4006 PL, 1971 OQ 1 , 1977 RM 5 |
| 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. | |
(2934) Aristophanes is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 25, 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 asteroid is named after the historical Greek playwright Aristophanes .