1147 Stavropolis

1147 Stavropolis [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Grigory Neujmin
Discovery date 1929-Jun-11
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 2.7958682 AU
Perihelion 1.745699 AU
Semi-major axis 2.2707836 AU
Eccentricity 0.231235
Orbital period 1249.8619510 days
3.42 years
Mean anomaly 315.05615 °
Inclination 3.87819 °
Longitude of ascending node 265.30643 °
Argument of perihelion 15.35504 °
Rotation period 5.66 h
Absolute magnitude (H) 12.0 mag

1147 Stavropolis is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 3 years. It completes one rotation once every 6 hours. It was discovered by Grigory Neujmin on June 11, 1929.[1] It was named for the city of Stavropol in southern Russia. Its provisional designation was 1929 LF.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1147. Retrieved October 17, 2007. 
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 
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