(10377) Kilimanjaro
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Asteroid (10377) Kilimanjaro |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2318 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1653 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6975 AU - 3.7660 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.8552 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 150.7488 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.81 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | July 14, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 NN 4 , 1997 WW 44 |
| 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. | |
(10377) Kilimanjaro is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on July 14, 1996 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid is after the northeast of Tanzania located Kilimandscharo named massif, consisting essentially of three extinct volcanoes is, the highest of the well Uhuru Peak said Kibo (the "Bright") is. The summit of Kibo at 5895 m is the highest mountain in Africa .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kilimanjaro: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10377) Kilimanjaro in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10377) Kilimanjaro in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).