(953) Painleva

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Asteroid
(953) Painleva
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7895  AU
eccentricity 0.1861
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2704 AU - 3.3087 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 8.667 °
Sidereal period 4,659 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.83 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 28.32 km
Albedo 0.167
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 9,898 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer B. P. Schechowski
Date of discovery 1921
Another name 1921 JT, A913 UE
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(953) Painleva is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on April 29, 1921 by the Russian astronomer Beniamin Pavlovich Schechowski in Algiers .

The name was chosen after the French mathematician Paul Painlevé .

See also