(3244) Petronius
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Asteroid (3244) Petronius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2446 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1636 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8775 AU - 2.6117 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.679 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,363 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 1960 |
| Another name | 4008 PL, 1957 XC, A923 RD |
| 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. | |
(3244) Petronius 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 asteroid is named after the Roman poet and writer Titus Petronius .