(15168) Marijnfranx

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Asteroid
(15168) Marijnfranx
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Lydia family
Major semi-axis 2.7649  AU
eccentricity 0.0433
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6453 AU - 2.8846 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.0723 °
Length of the ascending node 351.9884 °
Argument of the periapsis 297.8380 °
Sidereal period 4.60 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2022 PL , 1999 CM 18
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.

(15168) Marijnfranx is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .

The asteroid belongs to the Lydia family, a group of asteroids named after (110) Lydia .

(15168) Marijnfranx was named on August 31, 2012 after the Dutch astronomer Marijn Franx (* 1960), who deals with infrared astronomy of galaxies in the early universe.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (15168) Marijnfranx in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

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