(4877) Humboldt
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Asteroid (4877) Humboldt |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6318 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1343 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2784 AU - 2.9853 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.4022 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 228.8939 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 201.4035 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,272 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.36 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.828 ± 0.217 km |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Rotation period | 3.491213 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 25, 1973 |
| Another name | 5066 T-2 , 1982 YF 2 , 1986 TU 15 , 1986 UF 1 |
| 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. | |
(4877) Humboldt is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 25, 1973 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 Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).