(13070) Seanconnery
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Asteroid (13070) Seanconnery |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4289 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2786 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7521 AU - 3.1056 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.6223 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 205.7144 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 131.7620 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 18, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.79 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.11 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 1.764 (± 0.130) km |
| Albedo | 0.900 (± 0.095) |
| Rotation period | 7.085 (± 0.001) h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 8, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 RO 2 , 1127 T-1 |
| 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. | |
(13070) Seanconnery is an asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst on September 8, 1991 at the French Observatoire de Haute-Provence in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department ( IAU code 511). An unconfirmed image of the asteroid had already been taken in March 1971 by Tom Gehrels (1127 T-1), as part of the 1st Trojan survey at the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .
The asteroid's solar orbit is strongly elliptical with an eccentricity of 0.2786 . The rotation period was determined by Rui Gonçalves from 20 to 30 August 2006 at the observatory in Linhaceira in the municipality of Asseiceira in Portugal and is 7.085 (± 0.001) hours.
The mean diameter of (13070) Seanconnery was calculated to be less than 2 kilometers. With an albedo of 0.900 (± 0.095) it has a very light surface.
The asteroid was named after the Scottish actor Sean Connery on March 9, 2001 . In the text of the nomination request, his acting performance in the film The Name of the Rose is particularly emphasized.
Web links
- (13070) Seanconnery in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (13070) Seanconnery in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (13070) Seanconnery according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Higgins, Rui Gonçalves: Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis At Hunters Hill Observatory And Collaborating Stations - June-September 2006 . Minor Planet Bulletin 34, 2007 bibcode : 2007MPBu ... 34 ... 16H , (English)