2741 Valdivia
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_Valdivia.png) Shape model of Valdivia from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Torres S. Barros |
| Discovery site | Cerro El Roble Stn. |
| Discovery date | 1 December 1975 |
| Designations | |
| (2741) Valdivia | |
Named after | Pedro de Valdivia[2] (Spanish conquistador) |
| 1975 XG · 1935 CM 1952 DJ2 · 1953 QS 1969 EB1 · 1969 FC 1973 FX1 · 1979 UA1 1990 FO3 | |
| main-belt · (middle)[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.74 yr (29,856 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0836 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1352 AU |
| 2.6094 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1817 |
| 4.22 yr (1,540 days) | |
| 142.32° | |
| 0° 14m 1.68s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.287° |
| 151.13° | |
| 91.480° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 9.13±0.43 km[4] 10.73±0.64 km[5] 11.679±0.172 km[6][7] 17.52 km (calculated)[3] | |
| 4.096±0.0005 h[8] 4.096±0.001 h[9] 4.098±0.001 h[10] 8.191±0.0001 h[11] | |
Pole ecliptic latitude | |
| 0.10 (assumed)[3] 0.205±0.035[6] 0.2052±0.0350[7] 0.244±0.032[5] 0.404±0.066[4] | |
| S/C[3] | |
| 11.764±0.002 (R)[8] · 11.80[4] · 11.9[1][3] · 12.00[5][7] | |
2741 Valdivia (prov. designation: 1975 XG) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 December 1975, by Chilean astronomers Carlos Torres and Sergio Barros at the Cerro El Roble Station northwest of Santiago de Chile.[13] The asteroid was named after Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia.[2]
Valdivia is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.1–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,540 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroid was first observed as 1935 CM at Uccle Observatory in February 1935, where the body's observation arc begins just a two weeks later, or more than 40 years before its official discovery observation at Cerro El Roble.[13]
Naming
This minor planet was named after Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia (1502–1553), who conquered Chile with a small expedition corps after he served under Francisco Pizarro in Peru. Valdivia founded the cities Santiago (1541) and Concepción (1550) and became Chile's first royal governor.[2] The city of Valdivia in southern Chile is also named after him. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 26 March 1986 (M.P.C. 10546).[14]
