Neha Patil (Editor)

995 Sternberga

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Discovered by
  
S. Beljavskij

Alternative names
  
1923 NP

Aphelion
  
3.0547 AU (456.98 Gm)

Discovered
  
8 June 1923

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Simeiz Observatory

Discovery date
  
8 June 1923

Observation arc
  
112.34 yr (41031 days)

Perihelion
  
2.1748 AU (325.35 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
10.2

Discoverer
  
Sergey Belyavsky

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Similar
  
528 Rezia, 540 Rosamunde, 509 Iolanda, 625 Xenia, 417 Suevia

995 sternberga 20160607a


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.

References

995 Sternberga Wikipedia