(11846) Mining
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Asteroid (11846) Mining |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5348 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1206 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2290 AU - 2.8406 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.6626 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 93.0591 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 340.8196 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.04 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 21, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 SE 3 , 1975 TP 2 , 1991 RN 16 , 1997 BL 3 |
| 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. | |
(11846) Minnen is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 21, 1987 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Rožen Observatory ( IAU code 071) in Roschen near Smoljan in Bulgaria . The asteroid had previously been sighted in October 1975 under the provisional designation 1975 TP 2 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .
(11846) Verminnen was named on December 12, 2008 after the Belgian singer and songwriter Johan Verminnen (* 1951), who often addresses the Belgian capital Brussels in his songs .
See also
Web links
- (11846) Mining in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (11846) Mining in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (11846) Verminnen according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (11846) Mining at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)