(3377) Lodewijk
Asteroid (3377) Lodewijk |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9130 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0636 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7277 AU - 3.0984 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.295 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,972 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.45 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 4122 PL, 1975 TB 6 , 1978 GM 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. |
(3377) Lodewijk 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 Dutch astronomer Lodewijk Woltjer .