2177 Oliver

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2177 Oliver
Discovery A
Discoverer C. J. van Houten,
I. van Houten-Groeneveld,
T. Gehrels
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Alternate
designations
B
6551 P-L; 1971 QE;
1975 EP3; 1977 QS2;
1978 VD6
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch June 14, 2006 (JD 2453900.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.095
Semi-major axis (a) 477.965 Gm (3.195 AU)
Perihelion (q) 432.510 Gm (2.891 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 523.420 Gm (3.499 AU)
Orbital period (P) 2085.952 d (5.71 a)
Mean orbital speed 16.63 km/s
Inclination (i) 1.536°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
51.875°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
270.859°
Mean anomaly (M) 32.410°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions 20.4 km
Mass 8.9×1015 kg
Density 2.0? g/cm³
Surface gravity 0.0057? m/s²
Escape velocity 0.0108? km/s
Rotation period  ? d
Spectral class  ?
Absolute magnitude 11.3
Albedo (geometric) 0.1279±0.034 [1]
Mean surface
temperature
~154 K
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2177 Oliver is a small asteroid named after Bernard M. Oliver, researcher at Hewlett-Packard.