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'''15553 Carachang''' is a [[main belt asteroid]] with a perihelion of 1.9306624 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]. It has an [[Eccentricity (mathematics)|eccentricity]] of 0.1474025 and an [[orbital period]] of 1246.0113360 [[days]] (3.41 [[years]]).<ref name="JP: Small-body Database Browser">{{cite web | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=15553 | title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | accessdate = 2008-02-29 | publisher = [[NASA]]}}</ref>
'''15553 Carachang''' is a [[main belt asteroid]] with a perihelion of 1.9306624 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]. It has an [[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.1474025 and an [[orbital period]] of 1246.0113360 [[days]] (3.41 [[years]]).<ref name="JP: Small-body Database Browser">{{cite web | url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=15553 | title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser | accessdate = 2008-02-29 | publisher = [[NASA]]}}</ref>


Cagnoli has an average [[orbital speed]] of 19.7868425 [[km/s]] and an [[inclination]] of 6.85593°.
Cagnoli has an average [[orbital speed]] of 19.7868425 [[km/s]] and an [[inclination]] of 6.85593°.

Revision as of 00:58, 9 October 2008

15553 Carachang
Name
Name Carachang
Designation 2000 FG45
Discovery
Discovery date March 29, 2000
Orbital elements
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.1474025
Semimajor axis (a) 2.2661173 AU
Perihelion (q) 1.9320859 AU
Aphelion (Q) 2.6001487 AU
Orbital period (P) 3.41 a
Inclination (i) 6.85593°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 124.14232°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 203.21708°
Mean anomaly (M) 12.61663°

15553 Carachang is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 1.9306624 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1474025 and an orbital period of 1246.0113360 days (3.41 years).[1]

Cagnoli has an average orbital speed of 19.7868425 km/s and an inclination of 6.85593°.

The asteroid is named in honor of Cara A. Chang for achievement as a finalist in the 2001 Discovery Young Scientist Challenge (DYSC), a middle school science competition. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-02-29.