(22401) Egisto
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Asteroid (22401) Egisto |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2197 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1110 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8622 AU - 3.5771 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.6977 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 157.7533 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 31.4684 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.78 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.58 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Maura Tombelli |
| Date of discovery | February 24, 1995 |
| Another name | 1995 DP 3 , 1989 CE 3 , 2000 YY 34 |
| 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. | |
(22401) Egisto is an asteroid of the main outer belt . It was discovered on February 24, 1995 by the Italian astronomer Maura Tombelli at the Cima Ekar observation station of the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Asiago ( IAU code 098) on the Asiago plateau northwest of Padua .
It was named on April 27, 2002 after Egisto Masotti (* 1944), the vice-president of the Gruppo Astrofili Montelupo .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Egisto: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22401) Egisto in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (22401) Egisto in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).