(14519) Urals

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Asteroid
(14519) Urals
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1995  AU
eccentricity 0.1496
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7210 AU - 3.6780 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.3590 °
Length of the ascending node 98.1169 °
Argument of the periapsis 124.2913 °
Sidereal period 5.72 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.64 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 10.224 ± 0.186 24 km
Albedo 0.089 ± 0.020
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery October 8, 1996
Another name 1996 TT 38 , 1982 BC 15 , 1997 WM 32
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.

(14519) Urals is an asteroid located in the main belt , which was discovered on October 8, 1996 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( observatory code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

The asteroid was on 13 April 2006 following the river Ural named in 790 m altitude in the southern Urals rises through Russia and Kazakhstan passes and finally to 2,478 kilometers in more arms to the Caspian Sea ends.

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Individual evidence

  1. Database ( Memento from October 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) with the assignment of 12,487 asteroids to asteroid groups (English)