(3868) Mendoza

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Asteroid
(3868) Mendoza
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3342  AU
eccentricity 0.0986
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1040 AU - 2.5643 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.1025 °
Sidereal period 3.57 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.49 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 9 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period 2.7709 h
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 4575 PL, 1952 HV 3 , 1935 SA 1 , 1953 TD 2
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(3868) Mendoza 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 was named after the Mexican astronomer Eugenio E. Mendoza V. (* 1928) on the occasion of his 65th birthday .

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