(39382) Opportunity

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( 39382 ) Opportunity 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 mean diameter of the asteroid is estimated to be 3-7 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.

( 39382 ) Opportunity was named on 28 September 2004 by the U.S. space probe Opportunity that examined 2004 layers of rock in the crater wall of Mars Crater Eagle in the lowlands Meridiani Planum in January. The proposal for naming the asteroid ( 39382 ) Opportunity and ( 37452 ) Spirit came in 2002 by Ingrid van Houten - Groeneveld, after about the sun orbits templates reliable data and the asteroid had received a number.