(16152) 1999 YN 12
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Asteroid (16152) 1999 YN 12 |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1199 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0967 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.6249 AU - 5.6150 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4592 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.59 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | L. Tesi , M. Tombelli |
| Date of discovery | December 30, 1999 |
| Another name | 1998 WW 21 |
| 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. | |
(16152) 1999 YN 12 is an asteroid belonging to the group of Jupiter Trojans . This describes asteroids that move around the sun on the Lagrange points on Jupiter's orbit . (16152) 1999 YN 12 was discovered on December 30, 1999 by the Italian astronomers Luciano Tesi and Maura Tombelli at the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese ( IAU code 104) near San Marcello Pistoiese . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L4.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid 1999 YN12: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16152) 1999 YN12 in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16152) 1999 YN12 in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).