(3883) Verbano

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Asteroid
(3883) Verbano
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6111  AU
eccentricity 0.1236
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2882 AU - 2.9339 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.8550 °
Length of the ascending node 169.2290 °
Argument of the periapsis 181.6609 °
Sidereal period 4.22 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.43 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 12 km
Rotation period 50.8 h
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery 7th September 1972
Another name 1972 RQ , 1934 RC 1 , 1954 HF, 1966 CX, 1972 TG 5 , 1979 HW 1 , 1979 JD, 1983 ET
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(3883) Verbano is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 7, 1972 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).

The asteroid was named after the northern Italian lake Lago Verbano , half of which is in Italy and half in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

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