(14659) Gregorian
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Asteroid (14659) Gregoriana |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6419 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1189 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3278 AU - 2.9561 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.4932 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 115.1175 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 81.5498 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.29 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.31 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.221 ± 0.180 km |
| Albedo | 0.282 ± 0.054 |
| Rotation period | 9.638 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Maura Tombelli Giuseppe Forti |
| Date of discovery | January 15, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 AF 24 , 1992 OF 8 |
| 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. | |
(14659) Gregoriana is an asteroid located in the main belt , which was discovered on January 15, 1999 by the Italian astronomers Maura Tombelli and Giuseppe Forti at the Montelupo Observatory ( observatory code 108) in Montelupo Fiorentino .
The asteroid was named on April 27, 2002 after the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome , which emerged from the first Jesuit school, Collegio Romano, and which still enjoys great international renown.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gregoriana: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (14659) Gregoriana in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (14659) Gregoriana in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).