2069 Hubble

Tags: Planet.

2069 Hubble is a dark-colored main belt asteroid. It was discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory on March 29 1955. The asteroid was named after the famous American astronomer Edwin Hubble.Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed an unusual tri-modal light curve with a period of 32.52 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

apoapsis (km)

5.58215e+11

average speed (km/s)

59760.0

orbital period (μ)

1.78131e+08

periapsis (km)

3.90291e+11

temperature (K)

156.0

absolute magnitude

11.1

albedo

0.054

discovery date

1955-03-29

discoverer

Indiana Asteroid Program

epoch

June 14 2006 (JD 2453900.5)

escape velocity (kmh)

65.52

former name

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