(10255) Taunus
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Asteroid (10255) Taunus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2616 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1275 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9732 AU - 2.5501 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2358 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 151.5057 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 267.1102 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.40 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.80 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 16, 1977 |
| Another name | 3398 T-3 , 1991 YN |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(10255) Taunus is an asteroid of the main belt . He was discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels . The asteroid was named after the Taunus on May 1, 2003 .
See also
Web links
- (10255) Taunus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10255) Taunus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10255) Taunus according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)