(21010) Kishon
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Asteroid (21010) Kishon |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2472 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2217 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7489 AU - 2.7455 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2379 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.87 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Freimut Börngen |
| Date of discovery | August 13, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 PL2, 1998 QN 13 |
| 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. | |
(21010) Kishon is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 13, 1988 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the observatory of the Thuringian state observatory in Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
The asteroid is named after the Israeli journalist and writer Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005), who is considered one of the most successful satirists of the 20th century.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kishon: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (21010) Kishon in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (21010) Kishon in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).