2401 Aehlita
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| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Smirnova, T. |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | November 2, 1975 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2401 |
| Alternative names | 1975 VM2 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9338955 |
| Perihelion | 2.6062371 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0591427 |
| Orbital period | 1683.9674048 |
| Mean anomaly | 315.81551 |
| Inclination | 4.33357 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 51.00837 |
| Argument of perihelion | 39.87080 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.2 |
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2401 Aehlita (1975 VM2) is a main belt asteroid discovered on November 2, 1975 by Smirnova, T. at Nauchnyj.
This object is a member of the Agnia family of asteroids that share similar orbital elements and physical properties. This family was named after the asteroid 847 Agnia. They most likely formed from the breakup of a basalt object, which in turn was spawned from a larger parent body that underwent igneous differentiation.[1]
References
- ↑ Sunshine, Richard P. et al. (August 2004), "High-calcium pyroxene as an indicator of igneous differentiation in asteroids and meteorites", Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39 (8): 1343–1357, Bibcode:2004M&PS...39.1343S, doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00950.x.
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