(11926) Orinoco
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Asteroid (11926) Orinoco |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4471 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0984 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2063 AU - 2.6880 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.9610 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 86.2550 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 285.7730 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.83 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 18th December 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 YM 2 , 1996 XM 22 |
| 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. | |
(11926) Orinoco is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which was discovered on December 18, 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Schmidt telescope of the French Observatoire de Calern near Grasse ( IAU code 010).
Mean distance from the Sun ( major semiaxis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid roughly correspond to the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.
(11926) Orinoco was on October 4, 2009 after the South American river Orinoco named.
Web links
- (11926) Orinoco in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (11926) Orinoco in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (11926) Orinoco according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)