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1153 Wallenbergia

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Discovered by
  
Belyavskij, S.

Observation arc
  
85.79 yr (31333 days)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid family
  
Flora family

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discovery date
  
5 September 1924

Discovered
  
5 September 1924

Discoverer
  
Sergey Belyavsky

Discovery site
  
Simeiz Observatory

Aphelion
  
2.5488687 AU (381.30533 Gm)

Perihelion
  
1.8421363 AU (275.57967 Gm)

Semi-major axis
  
2.1955025 AU (328.44250 Gm)

Similar
  
1111 Reinmuthia, 1102 Pepita, Sun, 8 Flora, 852 Wladilena

1153 Wallenbergia 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 4 hours. It was discovered by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky at Simeis on September 5, 1924. It was named for the German mathematician Georg James Wallenberg. Its provisional designation was 1924 SL.

References

1153 Wallenbergia Wikipedia