(12101) Trujillo
Asteroid (12101) Trujillo |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9854 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0952 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7012 AU - 3.2697 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.2631 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.16 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.23 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | LONEOS |
Date of discovery | May 1, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 JX 2 , 1992 EL 14 , 1997 EQ 42 |
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. |
(12101) Trujillo is an asteroid of the main belt , which on May 1, 1998 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search project of Lowell Observatory was discovered. Its original name was JX 2 in 1998 .
Naming
It is named in honor of Chadwick A. Trujillo , an astronomer at the Gemini Observatory .