(29401) Asterix

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Asteroid
(29401) Asterix
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8278  AU
eccentricity 0.0929
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5651 AU - 3.0906 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.8853 °
Length of the ascending node 55.3370 °
Argument of the periapsis 312.6097 °
Sidereal period 4.76 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.71 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer M. Tichý , Z. Moravec
Date of discovery October 1, 1996
Another name 1986 TE
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.

(29401) Asterix is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered on October 1, 1996 by Miloš Tichý and Zdeněk Moravec from the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 809).

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

It was named on August 6, 2003 after the cartoon character Asterix ; on the same day an asteroid was named after Obelix with (29402) Obelix .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (29401) Asterix in the database AstDyS-2 (English)