Discovered by C. Torres Alternative names 1975 XG Discovered 1 December 1975 Named after Pedro de Valdivia Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 1 December 1975 Observation arc 81.05 yr (29602 days) Orbits Sun Discovery site Cerro El Roble Station MPC designation 2741 | |
Aphelion 3.0821588 AU (461.08439 Gm) Perihelion 2.1349714 AU (319.38718 Gm) Discoverers Sergio Barros, Carlos Torres | ||
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.
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