(485) Genoa
Asteroid (485) Genoa |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7485 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1924 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2198 AU - 3.2772 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.8600 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 193.4641 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 272.7663 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | February 2, 2015 |
Sidereal period | 4.56 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.95 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 63.88 (± 2.9) km |
Albedo | 0.2072 |
Rotation period | 17.59 h |
Absolute brightness | 8.1 likes |
Spectral class | SMASSII: S. |
history | |
Explorer | Luigi Carnera |
Date of discovery | May 7, 1902 |
Another name | 1902 HZ , 1933 FZ 1 , 1934 HA, 1953 PP, 1977 VY 1 , A904 SA |
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. |
(485) Genoa is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on May 7, 1902 by the Italian astronomer Luigi Carnera at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory ( IAU code 024) on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after the Italian city of Genoa in Liguria .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Genoa: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (485) Genoa in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (485) Genoa in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).