995 Sternberga

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995 Sternberga
Discovery
Discovered byS. Beljavskij
Discovery siteSimeis
Discovery date8 June 1923
Designations
(995) Sternberga
1923 NP
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.34 yr (41031 days)
Aphelion3.0547 AU (456.98 Gm)
Perihelion2.1748 AU (325.35 Gm)
2.6148 AU (391.17 Gm)
Eccentricity0.16825
4.23 yr (1544.4 d)
306.02°
0° 13m 59.196s / day
Inclination13.054°
221.747°
122.464°
Physical characteristics
15.81±0.3 km
14.612 h (0.6088 d)
15.26 ± 0.01[2] h
0.1341±0.005
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995 Sternberga is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by Sergei Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory. It was named after Russian astronomer Pavel Shternberg.[3]

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.[2]

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