(14088) Ancus
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Asteroid (14088) Ancus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2808 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0899 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0758 AU - 2.4859 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.9523 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 115.6696 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 51.1781 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 6th July 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 3.44 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.72 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Vincenzo Silvano Casulli |
| Date of discovery | May 3, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 JB 10 |
| 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. | |
(14088) Ancus is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered by the Italian amateur astronomer Vincenzo Silvano Casulli on May 3, 1997 at the Osservatorio di Colleverde ( IAU code 596). The observatory founded by Casulli was located in the city of Guidonia Montecelio in the former province of Rome from 1981 to 2003 .
(14088) Ancus was named after Ancus Marcius (* 675 BC?; † 616 BC), the mythical fourth king of the Roman Empire . The asteroid was named on June 24, 2002.
Web links
- (14088) Ancus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (14088) Ancus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (14088) Ancus according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)