| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Beljavskij |
| Discovery site | Simeis |
| Discovery date | 8 June 1923 |
| Designations | |
| 1923 NP | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.34 yr (41031 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0547 AU (456.98 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.1748 AU (325.35 Gm) |
| 2.6148 AU (391.17 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.16825 |
| 4.23 yr (1544.4 d) | |
| 306.02° | |
| 0° 13m 59.196s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.054° |
| 221.747° | |
| 122.464° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 25.5+1.1 −1.4 km (pole solution 1) 25.2+1.1 −0.9 km (pole solution 2) | |
| 11.19511±0.00012 h (pole solution 1) 11.19512±0.00008 h (pole solution 2) | |
Pole ecliptic longitude | 27° ± 3° or 222° ± 4° |
Pole ecliptic latitude | −20° ± 6° or −26° ± 5° |
| 0.22+0.03 −0.04 (pole solution 1) 0.226+0.005 −0.032 (pole solution 2) | |
| 10.2 | |
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.