(12100) Amiens
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Asteroid (12100) Amiens |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5971 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0393 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4950 AU - 2.6992 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7068 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 9.2290 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 236.6163 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 24, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.604 km (± 0.221) |
| Albedo | 0.164 (± 0.035) |
| Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | April 25, 1998 |
| Another name | 1989 HR 149 , 1995 SE 19 |
| 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. | |
(12100) Amiens is an asteroid located in the main central belt . It was discovered on April 25, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 2.604 km (± 0.221).
(12100) Amiens was named on October 4, 2009 after the French city of Amiens .
Web links
- (12100) Amiens in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12100) Amiens in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (12100) Guayaquil according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)