(3199) Nefertiti
Asteroid (3199) Nefertiti |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Cupid type |
Major semi-axis | 1.5746 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2839 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.1275 AU - 2.0216 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 32.9677 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 340.0229 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 53.3998 ° |
Sidereal period | 1.98 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 23.73 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 2.2 km |
Albedo | 0.420 |
Rotation period | 3.021 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.84 mag |
Spectral class | S. |
history | |
Explorer |
Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | September 13, 1982 |
Another name | 1982 RA |
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. |
(3199) Nefertiti is a Cupid-type asteroid discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) on September 13, 1982 .
The asteroid was named after the Egyptian queen Nefertiti , the main consort ( great royal consort ) of the king ( pharaoh ) Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) ( known as Nefertiti in German-speaking countries ).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nefertiti: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3199) Nefertiti in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3199) Nefertiti in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).