(6937) Valadon
Asteroid (6937) Valadon |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.0067 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0887 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7400 AU - 3.2734 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.5228 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 203.3817 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 325.2394 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 4th November 2017 |
Sidereal period | 5.21 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.16 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 11.146 (± 0.263) km |
Albedo | 0.205 (± 0.025) |
Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 29th September 1973 |
Another name | 1010 T-2 , 1989 XG |
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(6937) Valadon is an asteroid of the Main Belt . It was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the 2nd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 13 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .
The asteroid was after the French painter of Modern Suzanne Valadon named (1865-1938), known one of the most important painters of her time and on the borders of France.
See also
Web links
- (6937) Valadon in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6937) Valadon in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (6937) Valadon according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)