(971) Alsatia

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Asteroid
(971) Alsatia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6400  AU
eccentricity 0.1619
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2126 AU - 3.0673 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.771 °
Sidereal period 4,289 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.33 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 63.76 km
Albedo 0.041
Rotation period 9.60 h
Absolute brightness 9,937 likes
Spectral class C.
history
Explorer A. Foam mass
Date of discovery 1921
Another name 1921 LF, 1961 AA, A908 UE
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(971) Alsatia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 November in 1921 by French astronomer Alexandre Look mass in Nice was discovered.

The discoverer named the asteroid Alsace ( Alsace ). The computing institute, however, changed the name to the Latin form Alsatia .

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