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2801 Huygens is a small main belt asteroid which was discovered by Hendrik van Gent in 1935. It belongs to the Gefion family of asteroids. It is named after Christiaan Huygens the Dutch astronomer mathematician and physicist.

apoapsis (km)
4.91952e+11
average speed (km/s)
63576.0
orbital period (μ)
1.47878e+08
periapsis (km)
3.45865e+11
temperature (K)
166.0
absolute magnitude
12.2
discovery date
1935-09-28
discoverer
Hendrik van Gent
epoch
November 26 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
former name
, 1968 UG, 1982 UZ

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