(3212) Agricola
Asteroid (3212) Agricola |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2557 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1527 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9113 AU - 2.6002 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.8130 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,388 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.83 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? |
Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Yrjö Väisälä |
Date of discovery | February 19, 1938 |
Another name | 1938 DH 2 , 1982 BB 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. |
(3212) Agricola is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 19 February 1938 by the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the German researcher Georgius Agricola , who is also known as the "father of mineralogy".