(760) Massinga
|
Asteroid (760) Massinga |
|
|---|---|
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1578 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2259 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4446 AU - 3.871 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.499 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,612 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.76 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 71.29 km |
| Albedo | 0.2276 |
| Rotation period | 10.72 h |
| Absolute brightness | 7,858 likes |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Franz Kaiser |
| Date of discovery | 1913 |
| Another name | 1913 SL, 1941 SL 2 |
| 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. | |
(760) Massinga is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 8, 1913 by the German astronomer Franz Kaiser in Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the German astronomer Adam Massinger , a colleague of the discoverer.
Further path parameters are:
- Length of the ascending node : 331.876 °
- Argument of the perihelion : 200.969 °