(7480) Norwan
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Asteroid (7480) Norwan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 1.5677 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3171 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.0707 AU - 2.0648 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.4540 ° |
| Sidereal period | 1.96 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 23.78 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 1.1 km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | ? |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | 35.90 h |
| Absolute brightness | 17.2 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | CS Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | August 1, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 PC |
| 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. | |
(7480) Norwan is an asteroid of Amor type , which on August 1, 1994 by CS Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory was discovered.
The asteroid is named after Norwan, the goddess of light of the Californian Wintun Indians.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Norwan: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Norwan in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA