(853) Nansenia

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Asteroid
(853) Nansenia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3125  AU
eccentricity 0.1061
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0671 AU - 2.5579 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.216 °
Sidereal period 3.517 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.59 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 27.0 km
Albedo 0.052
Rotation period 9.310 h
Absolute brightness 11,365 likes
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer SI Beljavski
Date of discovery 1916
Another name 1916 S28, 1930 GJ, 1952 SR
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(853) Nansenia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on April 2, 1916 by the Russian astronomer Sergei Ivanovich Beljavski the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in simeiz was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen .

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