(14831) Gentileschi

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Asteroid
(14831) Gentileschi
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.5860  AU
eccentricity 0.1260
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2601 AU - 2.9119 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.2429 °
Length of the ascending node 294.8703 °
Sidereal period 4.16 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.52 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery January 22, 1987
Another name 1987 BS 1 , 1991 AT
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(14831) Gentileschi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 January 1987 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 according to the Italian painter of the Baroque Artemisia Gentileschi named (1593-1653), which is considered bedeutendster female painter its epoch.

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