(16781) Rencin
Asteroid (16781) Renčín |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1614 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1514 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6849 AU - 3.6431 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4350 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 123.6609 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 331.8924 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.63 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.74 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 10.454 ± 0.101 km |
Albedo | 0.102 ± 0.021 |
Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
M. Tichý Z. Moravec |
Date of discovery | December 12, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 XU 18 |
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. |
(16781) Renčín is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on December 12, 1996 by the Czech astronomers Miloš Tichý and Zdeněk Moravec at the Kleť observatory ( IAU code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov in southern Bohemia .
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
The celestial body was named on March 9, 2001 after the Czech humorist and cartoonist Vladimír Renčín (* 1941).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (16781) Renčín (English)
Web links
- Asteroid Rencín: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16781) Renčín in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16781) Renčín in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).