(886) Washingtonia
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Asteroid (886) Washingtonia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.179 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.264 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.34 AU - 4.018 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.8 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 59.6 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.6 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | February 21, 2013 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 244 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.4 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (91 ± 13) km |
| Albedo | 0.07 |
| Rotation period | 9.0 h |
| Absolute brightness | 8.7 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | GH Peters / Margaret Harwood |
| Date of discovery | November 16, 1917 / November 12, 1917 |
| Another name | 1917 b, 1945 WA, 1952 BN |
| 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. | |
(886) Washingtonia is an asteroid of the Main Belt . It was discovered on November 16, 1917 by the American astronomer George Henry Peters and independently four days earlier by Margaret Harwood .
The asteroid is named after the US President George Washington .