2138 Swissair

Minor Planet
name=2138 Swissair
discoverer=Paul Wild
discovery_date=April 17, 1968
designations=1938 OH; 1942 JD; 1946 GA; 1968 HB; 1977 KE
category=Main belt
epoch=November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
semimajor=401.935 Gm (2.687 AU)
perihelion=375.172 Gm (2.508 AU)
aphelion=428.699 Gm (2.866 AU)
eccentricity=0.067
period=1608.588 d (4.40 a)
inclination=5.931°
asc_node=105.761°
arg_peri=170.925°
mean_anomaly=123.346°
speed=18.15 km/s
dimensions=15.5 km
mass=3.9×10¹⁵? kg
density=2.0? g/cm³
gravity=0.0043? m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0082? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_class=?
abs_mag=11.5
albedo=0.1?
temperature=~170 K

2138 Swissair was the name given to an asteroid discovered on April 17, 1968 by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at the Zimmerwald Observatory near Berne, Switzerland.

ee also

* List of noteworthy asteroids