(2571) Geisei
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Asteroid (2571) Geisei |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2292 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1940 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7968 AU - 2.6616 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.8715 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 66.9291 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 284.5854 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.33 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.95 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 7.823 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | T. Seki |
| Date of discovery | October 23, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 UC , 1931 TA 4 , 1934 NV, 1944 OD, 1961 XG, 1981 WR 6 , A911 UC |
| 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. | |
(2571) Geisei is an asteroid of the main belt , on 23 October 1981 by the Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Seki at Geisei Observatory was discovered.
It was named after the location of the observatory where it was discovered, the village of Geisei in the Kōchi prefecture .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Geisei: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2571) Geisei in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2571) Geisei in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).