(157301) Loreena
Asteroid (157301) Loreena |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6850 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1112 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3865 AU - 2.9836 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4263 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 17.0056 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 329.1614 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.40 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 16.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | André Knöfel |
Date of discovery | September 16, 2004 |
Another name | 2004 SE 20 |
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. |
(157301) Loreena is an asteroid of the middle main belt that was discovered by the German astronomer André Knöfel on September 16, 2004 at the Saxon public observatory in Drebach ( IAU code 113).
(157301) Loreena was named after the Canadian folk musician and composer Loreena McKennitt . It was named on February 7, 2012.
Web links
- (157301) Loreena in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (157301) Loreena in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (157301) Loreena according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)