(21238) Panarea
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Asteroid (21238) Panarea |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5420 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1071 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2696 AU - 2.8144 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.4458 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.05 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Takao Kobayashi |
| Date of discovery | November 28, 1995 |
| Another name | 1995 WV 7 , 1991 VE 16 , 1992 AL 6 |
| 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. | |
(21238) Panarea is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 November 1995 by the Japanese astronomer Takao Kobayashi at Oizumi Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 411).
The asteroid is named after the volcanic island of Panarea , which is located in the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands off the northern coast of Sicily .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Panarea: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (21238) Panarea in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (21238) Panarea in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).