(14103) Manzoni
Asteroid (14103) Manzoni |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9942 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0696 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7392 AU - 3.1492 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.1247 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 21.1932 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 263.3625 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.05 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Piero Sicoli Augusto Testa |
Date of discovery | October 1, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 TC |
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. |
(14103) Manzoni is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 1, 1997 by the Italian astronomers Piero Sicoli and Augusto Testa at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in the Lombard foothills near Sormano .
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .
(14103) Manzoni was named on April 15, 2014 after the Italian poet and writer Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), whose most famous work is the novel I Promessi Sposi (German The Brides , formerly Die Verlobten ), published in 1827 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Manzoni: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (14103) Manzoni in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (14103) Manzoni in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (14103) Manzoni in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).