(3494) Purple Mountain
Asteroid (3494) Purple Mountain |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Vesta family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3496 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1302 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0436 AU - 2.6556 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.838 ° |
Sidereal period | 3,602 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.43 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
Date of discovery | 7th December 1980 |
Another name | 1980 XW, 1962 WV 1 , 1969 UD |
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. |
(3494) Purple Mountain is an asteroid of the main belt , which on December 7, 1980 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid bears the name of the observatory where it was discovered.