(11908) Nicaragua
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Asteroid (11908) Nicaragua |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0470 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0659 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8462 AU - 3.2479 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3886 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 68.3875 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 145.7818 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.32 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 4, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 GC 5 , 1996 BS |
| 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. | |
(11908) Nicaragua is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered on April 4, 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The asteroid was named after the Central American state of Nicaragua on March 5, 2015 .
See also
Web links
- (11908) Nicaragua in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (11908) Nicaragua in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (11908) Nicaragua according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)