(29401) Asterix
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Asteroid (29401) Asterix |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| 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 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Asterix: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29401) Asterix in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29401) Asterix in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (29401) Asterix in the database AstDyS-2 (English)