(3212) Agricola
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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".