(29356) Giovarduino

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Asteroid
(29356) Giovarduino
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1795  AU
eccentricity 0.1663
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6508 AU - 3.7082 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.6109 °
Sidereal period 5.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.70 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
history
Explorer Plinio Antolini
Date of discovery September 25, 1995
Another name 1995 SY 29 , 1999 GK 2
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.

(29356) Giovarduino is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 September 1995 by the Italian astronomer Plinio Antolini on Pleiade Observatory ( IAU code 112) in Verona was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Italian geologist Giovanni Arduino (1714–1795), who was the first to develop a system of geological geological ages in the 1760s .

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