(6882) Sormano
Asteroid (6882) Sormano |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Maria family |
Major semi-axis | 2.5520 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0989 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2997 AU - 2.8043 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.3904 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 284.1870 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 16.0305 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 17th January 2018 |
Sidereal period | 4.08 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.64 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 8.096 ± 0.040 km |
Albedo | 0.269 ± 0.034 |
Rotation period | 3.6901 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
P. Sicoli V. Giuliani |
Date of discovery | 5th February 1995 |
Another name | 1995 CC 1 , 1986 XM 2 , 1989 OW, 1993 OQ |
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. |
(6882) Sormano is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 February 1995 by the Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli and Valter Giuliani at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in Sormano was discovered.
The asteroid belongs to the Maria family, a group of asteroids named after (170) Maria .
The celestial body was named after the Lombard municipality of Sormano , which houses the observatory where this asteroid was discovered.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (6882) Sormano in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- (6882) Sormano in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6882) Sormano in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (6882) Sormano according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)