(3388) Tsanghinchi

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Asteroid
(3388) Tsanghinshi
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Phocaea family
Major semi-axis 2.3633  AU
eccentricity 0.2008
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8888 AU - 2.8378 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 25.009 °
Sidereal period 3.63 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.37 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer Purple Mountain Observatory
Date of discovery December 21, 1981
Another name 1981 YR 1 , 1977 VZ, 1982 AB
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(3388) Tsanghinshi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 December 1981 from Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.

The asteroid was named after a Chinese industrialist, Tsanghinchi, who headed the Life Science College at Sun Yat-sen University in Guandong . It was named on November 29, 1993.

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