(640) Brambilla

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Asteroid
(640) Brambilla
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.157  AU
eccentricity 0.081
Perihelion - aphelion 2.901 AU - 3.413 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.4 °
Length of the ascending node 235 °
Argument of the periapsis 32.7 °
Time of passage of the perihelion December 8, 2007
Sidereal period 5 a 222 d
Mean orbital velocity 16.7 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter (80.8 ± 2.3) km
Albedo 0.07
Rotation period 7 h 46 min
Absolute brightness 9.0 mag
Spectral class G
history
Explorer August Kopff
Date of discovery August 29, 1907
Another name 1907 ZW
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(640) Brambilla is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 29, 1907 by the German astronomer August Kopff in Heidelberg .

The asteroid was named after Princess Brambilla , a novella by ETA Hoffmann .

See also