(1916) Boreas
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Asteroid (1916) Boreas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2719 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.4502 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.2490 AU - 3.2947 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.8888 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 340.6403 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 335.8932 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,428 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.5 km |
| Rotation period | 3.49 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.93 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | S. Arend |
| Date of discovery | September 1, 1953 |
| Another name | 1953 RA |
| 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. | |
(1916) Boreas is an asteroid of the Cupid type , which was discovered on September 1, 1953 by the Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium ( IAU code 012) in Uccle .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the Greek deity Boreas , who personifies the winter north wind.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Boreas: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1916) Boreas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1916) Boreas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).