995 Sternberga Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
995 Sternberga
Mpc Name:(995) Sternberga
Alt Names:1923 NP
Discovered:8 June 1923
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:112.34 yr (41031 days)
Uncertainty:0
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.16825
Semimajor:2.6148AU
Perihelion:2.1748AU
Aphelion:3.0547abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:4.23 yr (1544.4 d)
Inclination:13.054°
Asc Node:221.747°
Arg Peri:122.464°
Mean Motion: / day
Abs Magnitude:10.2
Rotation:14.612abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

995 Sternberga is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by Sergei Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory. It was named after Russian astronomer Pavel Shternberg.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004 show a rotation period of 15.26 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03 magnitude.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 995 Sternberga (1923 NP) . . . 2 May 2016.