2741 Valdivia

Valdivia
Discovery
Discovered by C. Torres
Discovery site Cerro El Roble
Discovery date 1 December 1975
Designations
MPC designation 2741
Named after
Pedro de Valdivia
1975 XG
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 81.05 yr (29602 days)
Aphelion 3.0821588 AU (461.08439 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1349714 AU (319.38718 Gm)
2.608565 AU (390.2358 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1815533
4.21 yr (1538.9 d)
2.107562°
 14m 2.178s / day
Inclination 10.28875°
151.13040°
91.37990°
Earth MOID 1.15162 AU (172.280 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.02525 AU (302.973 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.365
Physical characteristics
4.096 h (0.1707 d)
11.9

    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.[2]

    References

    1. "2741 Valdivia (1975 XG)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
    2. Pray, Donald P. (March 2004), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 1225, 1301, 2134, 2741, and 3974", The Minor Planet Bulletin 31 (1), pp. 6–8, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....6P.

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