(35269) Idefix

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Asteroid
(35269) Idefix
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3211  AU
eccentricity 0.1358
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0060 AU - 2.6362 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.9862 °
Length of the ascending node 63.0724 °
Argument of the periapsis 150.3282 °
Sidereal period 3.54 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.4 mag
history
Explorer Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý
Date of discovery August 21, 1996
Another name 1996 QC 1 , 1999 LJ 21 , 2000 SP 119
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(35269) Idefix is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on August 21, 1996 by the Czech astronomer couple Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .

(35269) Idefix is ​​named after the comic figure Idefix . The name was given by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on September 23, 2010. On the same day, a main belt asteroid was named after Miraculix , namely (35268) Panoramix (after the name of the druid in the French original).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Entry of the asteroid on the website of the Kleť Observatory (English)