(37452) Spirit

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( 37452 ) Spirit is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten couple and Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld. The discovery came as part of the Palomar - Leiden Survey, which recorded by Tom Gehrels with the 120 - inch Oschin Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory field plates at Leiden University were screened.

The average diameter of the asteroid are estimated at 4-9 kilometers. It belongs to the Hilda group, that is, it moves in an orbital resonance of 3:2 with the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Namesake of this group is the asteroid (153 ) Hilda.

( 37452 ) Spirit was named on 28 September 2004 by the U.S. space probe Spirit landed on January 4, 2004 at the Mars crater Gusev. The proposal for naming the asteroid ( 37452 ) and Spirit ( 39382 ) Opportunity came in 2002 by Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld, after about the sun orbits templates reliable data and the asteroid had received a number.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation Palomar–Leiden survey (153) Hilda Gusev (Martian crater) (39382) Opportunity Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge (Massachusetts)
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