(13647) Rey
Asteroid (13647) Rey |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1878 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1749 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6302 AU - 3.7455 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.5920 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 85.9205 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.69 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | April 20, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 HR 24 , 1991 NW 7 |
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. |
(13647) Rey is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 April 1996 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Geneva- born son of French Huguenots Marc-Michel Rey (1720–1780), who, as a publisher from Amsterdam , promoted the spread of Enlightenment literature.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rey: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13647) Rey in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13647) Rey in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).