(3328) Interposita
Asteroid (3328) Interposita |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
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
- ↑ a b (3328) Interposita at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- Jump up ↑ David 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).