(12079) Kaibab
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Asteroid (12079) Kaibab |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4143 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1741 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9940 AU - 2.8346 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.4371 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 247.0412 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 6.8775 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.75 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.936 ± 0.066 km |
| Albedo | 0.286 ± 0.064 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | LONEOS |
| Date of discovery | March 22, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 FZ 73 , 1957 LE, 1991 NR 4 |
| 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. | |
(12079) Kaibab is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 March 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search project of Lowell Observatory was discovered. Its original designation was FZ 73 in 1998 .
Naming
The asteroid was named on March 18, 2003. The name Kaibab refers to the Kaibab Formation in northwestern Arizona , a limestone formation that was formed in the Permian . The word comes from the language of the Paiute and means mountain that lies on its side .
The celestial body belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa (also called the Hertha family, after (135) Hertha ).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Asteroid Kaibab: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (12079) Kaibab in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (12079) Kaibab in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).