(15278) Pâquet
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Asteroid (15278) Pâquet |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.9933 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2162 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.1299 AU - 4.8567 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.2875 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 344.7697 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 64.7747 ° |
| Sidereal period | 7.98 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 14.92 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 34.66 km (± 6.5) |
| Albedo | 0.0307 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | August 6, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 PG 7 , 1999 NN 41 |
| 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. | |
(15278) Paquet is an asteroid of the main belt , the August 6, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
It was named on May 1, 2003 in honor of the Belgian astronomer Paul Pâquet (* 1937), who headed the “Royal Belgian Observatory” ( Observatoire royal de Belgique ) in Uccle from 1990 to 2002 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pâquet: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15278) Pâquet in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (15278) Pâquet in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).