(15318) Innsbruck
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Asteroid (15318) Innsbruck |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Phocaea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3433 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2011 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8721 AU - 2.8145 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 25.6194 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 93.6450 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 192.2502 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 17th October 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.59 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 15.45 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.079 ± 0.110 km |
| Albedo | 0.302 ± 0.031 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | May 24, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 KX 1 , 1998 XB 49 |
| 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. | |
(15318) Innsbruck is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt that was discovered on May 24, 1993 by Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California .
The asteroid belongs to the Phocaea family, a group of asteroids named after (25) Phocaea . The 4: 1 orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter is characteristic of this group . The solar orbit of (15318) Innsbruck is strongly inclined with more than 25 ° compared to the ecliptic of the solar system , which is characteristic of Phocaea asteroids.
It was named on March 9, 2001 after Innsbruck , the capital of Tyrol .
See also
Web links
- (15318) Innsbruck in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (15318) Innsbruck in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (15318) Innsbruck according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)