(616) Elly
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Asteroid (616) Elly |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Maria family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.553 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.06 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.401 AU - 2.705 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 356.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 108.9 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | August 2, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 29 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.6 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (18.2 ± 1.5) km |
| Albedo | 0.29 |
| Rotation period | 5.3 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.7 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | August Kopff |
| Date of discovery | October 17, 1906 |
| Another name | 1906 VT |
| 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. | |
(616) Elly is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 1906 by the German astronomer August Kopff in Heidelberg .
It is probably named after the translator Elly Boehm (Elly Meyer-Ellès), the wife of the German mathematician Karl Boehm .