(13351) Zibeline
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Asteroid (13351) Zibeline |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2496 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1198 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9800 AU - 2.5192 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.3772 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 201.1158 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 17.7448 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.85 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.879 ± 0.072 km |
| Albedo | 0.473 ± 0.200 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 20, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 SQ 145 , 1963 GB, 1981 TR 4 , 1991 RT 13 , 1992 SO 25 , 1993 AF, 1997 JL 18 |
| 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. | |
(13351) Zibeline is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered on September 20, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2005 after the sable (Martes zibellina) , a species of marten that was almost extinct at the beginning of the 20th century because of the valuable sable fur and the resulting excessive hunting.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Zibeline: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13351) Zibeline in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (13351) Zibeline in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).