(12524) Conscience
Asteroid (12524) Conscience |
|
---|---|
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3200 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1951 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8674 AU - 2.7726 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.7448 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 102.1366 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 234.3779 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.53 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.55 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | April 25, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 HG 103 , 1995 QY 10 |
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. |
(12524) Conscience is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on April 25, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile . The asteroid had already been sighted in August 1995 under the provisional name 1995 QY10 at the same observatory.
(12524) Conscience was named on September 28, 2004 after the Flemish narrator and co-founder of Flemish literature Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883). With his work, Conscience gave an unprecedented boost not only to Flemish culture, but also to Flemish identity.
See also
Web links
- (12524) Conscience in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12524) Conscience in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (12524) Conscience according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (12524) Conscience at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)