995 Sternberga is a
main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by
Sergei Belyavsky at
Simeiz Observatory. It was named after Russian astronomer
Pavel Shternberg.
observations of this asteroid collected during 2004 show a
rotation period
The rotation period of a celestial object (e.g., star, gas giant, planet, moon, asteroid) may refer to its sidereal rotation period, i.e. the time that the object takes to complete a single revolution around its axis of rotation relative to the ...
of 15.26 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03
magnitude.
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Discoveries by Sergei Belyavsky
Named minor planets
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