995 Sternberga

{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet= yes

| background= #D6D6D6

| name= 995 Sternberga

| mpc_name= (995) Sternberga

| alt_names= 1923 NP

| discoverer= S. Beljavskij

| discovery_site= Simeis

| discovered= 8 June 1923

| orbit_ref= {{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=995;cad=1 |title=995 Sternberga (1923 NP) |work=JPL Small-Body Database |publisher=NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=2 May 2016}}

| observation_arc= 112.34 yr (41031 days)

| uncertainty= 0

| epoch= 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| eccentricity= 0.16825

| semimajor= {{Convert|2.6148|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion= {{Convert|2.1748|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion= {{Convert|3.0547|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| period= 4.23 yr (1544.4 d)

| inclination= 13.054°

| asc_node= 221.747°

| arg_peri= 122.464°

| mean_anomaly= 306.02°

| sidereal_day= {{nowrap|15.26 ± 0.01 h}}

| mean_motion= {{Deg2DMS|0.23311|sup=ms}} / day

| abs_magnitude= 10.2

| rotation= {{Convert|14.612|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| albedo= {{val|0.1341|0.005}}

| mean_radius= {{val|15.81|0.3}} km

}}

995 Sternberga is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by Sergei Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory. It was named after Russian astronomer Pavel Shternberg.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004 show a rotation period of 15.26 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03 magnitude.

References

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{{Citation

| first1 = Lutz D.

| last1 = Schmadel

| title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names

| publisher = Springer

| page = 85

| edition = 6th

| year = 2012

| isbn = 3642297188

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg=PA85

| postscript= .}}

{{citation

| last1 = Stephens

| first1 = Robert D.

| title = Rotational periods of 743 Eugenisis, 995 Sternberga, 1185 Nikko 2892 Filipenko, 3144 Brosche, and 3220 Murayama

| journal = The Minor Planet Bulletin

| volume = 32

| issue = 2

| pages = 27–28

|date=June 2005

| bibcode = 2005MPBu...32...27S

| postscript = .}}

}}