(3199) Nefertiti
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Asteroid (3199) Nefertiti |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 1.5746 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2839 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.1275 AU - 2.0216 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 32.9677 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 340.0229 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 53.3998 ° |
| Sidereal period | 1.98 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 23.73 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.2 km |
| Albedo | 0.420 |
| Rotation period | 3.021 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.84 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | September 13, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 RA |
| 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. | |
(3199) Nefertiti is a Cupid-type asteroid discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) on September 13, 1982 .
The asteroid was named after the Egyptian queen Nefertiti , the main consort ( great royal consort ) of the king ( pharaoh ) Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) ( known as Nefertiti in German-speaking countries ).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nefertiti: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3199) Nefertiti in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3199) Nefertiti in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).