(3164) Prast
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Asteroid (3164) Prast |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1518 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1643 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6341 AU - 3.6694 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.343 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,595 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.78 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 19.09 km |
| Albedo | 0.084 |
| Absolute brightness | 12,138 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6562 PL, 1971 SW, 1972 VX |
| 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. | |
(3164) Prast 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 origin of the name is not known.