(3098) van Sprang

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Asteroid
(3098) van Sprang
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3026  AU
eccentricity 0.2112
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8163 AU - 2.7889 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.345 °
Sidereal period 3,494 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.63 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 14.8 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 4579 PL, 1980 FJ 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.

(3098) van Sprang 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 was chosen in honor of the Dutch meteor specialist Bert van Sprang .

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