2872 Gentelec
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Name | |
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Name | Gentelec |
Designation | 1981 RU |
Discovery | |
Discoverer | S. Sei |
Discovery date | September 5, 1981 |
Orbital elements | |
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.1198923 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 2.7403475 AU |
Perihelion (q) | 2.4118009 AU |
Aphelion (Q) | 3.0688941 AU |
Orbital period (P) | 4.54 a |
Inclination (i) | 2.87376° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 241.60953° |
Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 239.51417° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 214.38242° |
2872 Gentelec is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1656.9404264 days (4.54 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on September 5, 1981.
[edit] References
- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.