(8208) Volta
Asteroid (8208) Volta |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5424 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2467 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9151 AU - 3.1697 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.8388 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.05 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.68 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Piero Sicoli Pierangelo Ghezzi |
Date of discovery | February 28, 1995 |
Another name | 1995 DL 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. |
(8208) Volta is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on February 28, 1995 by the Italian astronomers Piero Sicoli and Pierangelo Ghezzi at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in Sormano .
The asteroid was named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Volta: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Volta in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8208) Volta in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).