(3328) Interposita

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Asteroid
(3328) Interposita
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.017  AU
eccentricity 0.111
Perihelion - aphelion 2.684 AU - 3.35 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.4 °
Length of the ascending node 60.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 275.8 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 29th November 2016
Sidereal period 5.24 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.10 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 17.935 (± 0.246) km
Albedo 0.095 (± 0.019)
Absolute brightness 11.5 likes
history
Explorer Thomas Schildknecht
Date of discovery August 21, 1985
Another name 1985 QD 1 , 1933 UP, 1956 CC, 1968 KA, 1974 TC, 1980 TF 11 , 1980 VC 1 
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.

(3328) Interposita is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on August 21, 1985 by the Swiss astronomer Thomas Schildknecht from the Zimmerwald Observatory at the University of Bern .

Interposita means in Latin in between . The name is derived from the anecdote that the discovery film was hastily exposed between two satellite laser distance measurements in the neighboring dome.

The planetoid is part of the Eos - asteroid family . It is believed that the family was formed about 1.1 billion years ago through a collision from an original asteroid.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b (3328) Interposita at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
  2. Jump upDavid Vokrouhlický , Miroslav Brož , Alessandro Morbidelli , William Bottke , David Nesvorný , Daniel Lazzaro , Andy Rivkin : Yarkovsky footprints in the Eos family. (PDF) 2006, accessed on July 16, 2017 (English).