2741 Valdivia
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | C. Torres |
| Discovery site | Cerro El Roble |
| Discovery date | December 1, 1975 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2741 |
| Named after | Pedro de Valdivia |
| Alternative names | 1975 XG |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.0889944 |
| Perihelion | 2.1246060 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1849755 |
| Orbital period | 1537.3050777 |
| Mean anomaly | 66.59218 |
| Inclination | 10.28002 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 151.21495 |
| Argument of perihelion | 91.52576 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.0 |
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2741 Valdivia (1975 XG) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 1, 1975 by Carlos Torres at Cerro El Roble. Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Carbuncle Hill Observatory near Providence, Rhode Island give a synodic rotation period of 4.096 ± 0.001 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.40 ± 0.03 in magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Pray, Donald P. (March 2004), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 1225, 1301, 2134, 2741, and 3974", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 31 (1): 6–8, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....6P.
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