(12646) Avercamp
Asteroid (12646) Avercamp |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6675 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2287 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0574 AU - 3.2776 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.8850 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 320.2767 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 9.2590 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | January 21, 2017 |
Sidereal period | 4.36 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 25, 1973 |
Another name | 5175 T-2 , 1998 FC 113 , 1999 RX 125 |
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. |
(12646) Avercamp is an asteroid located in the main central belt . It was discovered on September 25, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the 2nd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 13 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .
The asteroid was named after the Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634). It was named on November 14, 2016 at the suggestion of Willem Fröger , a Dutch astronomer who works in Argentina .
See also
Web links
- Astronomical data from (12646) Avercamp in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English). (English)
- (12646) Avercamp in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances by (12646) Avercamp according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)