(152188) Morricone
Asteroid (152188) Morricone |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
Major semi-axis | 2.5582 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1801 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0976 AU - 3.0188 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.7873 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 30.4633 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.09 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Franco Mallia Alain Maury |
Date of discovery | August 27, 2005 |
Another name | 2005 QP 51 |
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. |
(152188) Morricone is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 August 2005 by the Italian astronomer Franco Mallia and his French colleague Alain Maury at the automated observation station Campo Catino Austral Observatory of Campo Catino Observatory in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile's Atacama Desert has been discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone named (1928-2020), of the soundtrack of over 500 films composed and particularly by the soundtracks to the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone became famous.
The appointment took place on June 1, 2007.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Morricone: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (152188) Morricone in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (152188) Morricone in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).