(11905) Giacometti
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Asteroid (11905) Giacometti |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5602 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1630 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1430 AU - 2.9774 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.2883 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 205.7454 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 203.7611 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 20, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 4.10 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.61 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | November 6, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 VL 6 , 1993 FX 28 |
| 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. | |
(11905) Giacometti is an asteroid of the main central belt discovered on November 6, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family, a group named after (15) Eunomia , to which probably five percent of the asteroids in the main belt belong.
(11905) Giacometti was named on December 30, 2001 after the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti . Three works by Giacometti are particularly emphasized in the dedication: Tête qui regarde (1929), The Palace at 4 am (1932) and 1 + 1 = 3 (1934).
Web links
- (11905) Giacometti in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (11905) Giacometti in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (11905) Giacometti according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)