(202704) Utena
Asteroid (202704) Utena |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2131 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0703 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0575 AU - 2.3687 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.2429 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 104.9764 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 139.7977 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.29 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 17.0 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Kazimieras Černis , Justas Zdanavičius |
Date of discovery | April 14, 2007 |
Another name | 2007 GN 6 , 2003 AK 26 , 2006 BW 38 |
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. |
(202704) Utena is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered by the Lithuanian astronomers Kazimieras Černis and Justas Zdanavičius on April 14, 2007 at the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory in Molėtai , northeast Lithuania, in the Utena district ( IAU code 152). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already been made in January 2003 under the provisional designation 2003 AK 26 at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico , and in January 2006 (2006 BW 38 ) at the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona .
(202704) Utena was named after the city of Utena . The asteroid was named on January 27, 2013.
Web links
- (202704) Utena in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (202704) Utena in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (202704) Utena according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (202704) Utena at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)