(1259) Ógyalla

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Asteroid
(1259) Ógyalla
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1063  AU
eccentricity 0.1295
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7039 AU - 3.5087 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.3819 °
Length of the ascending node 75.0839 °
Argument of the periapsis 149.5081 °
Sidereal period 5.47 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.92 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 33.13 km
Albedo 0.0641
Rotation period 12.0 h
Absolute brightness 10,513 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer K. Reinmuth
Date of discovery January 29, 1933
Another name 1933 BT , 1928 DJ 1 , 1928 FO, 1929 MA, 1935 QE 1 , 1949 YN, 1956 JF
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.

(1259) Ógyalla is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 29 January 1933 by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis . It is a typical S-asteroid .

Ógyalla refers to the location of the Konkoly Observatory in Hungary , later also called Ógyalla Observatory.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
  2. subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)