(13087) Chastellux
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Asteroid (13087) Chastellux |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8759 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0376 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7678 AU - 2.9841 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.5085 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 198.8660 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 244.8477 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.88 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.56 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | July 30, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 OV 6 , 1990 DS 4 , 1993 VT 3 |
| 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. | |
(13087) Chastellux is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 July 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered. The first sightings of the asteroid had already been made in February and March 1990 under the provisional designation 1990 DS4 at the La Silla Observatory.
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.
(13087) Chastellux was named on January 25, 2001 after the French military and writer François-Jean de Chastellux (1734–1788), who from 1775 belonged to the Académie française .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Chastellux: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13087) Chastellux in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13087) Chastellux in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (13087) Chastellux at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ↑ (13087) Chastellux in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).