(42697) Lucapaolini
Asteroid (42697) Lucapaolini |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5257 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1106 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2464 AU - 2.8050 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.4910 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 223.8693 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 73.1656 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.01 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | June 1, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 LP 2 , 1999 XA 27 |
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. |
(42697) Lucapaolini is an asteroid of the main belt , on 1 June 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Italian racing cyclist Luca Paolini (* 1977) on February 22, 2016 .
See also
Web links
- (42697) Lucapaolini in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (42697) Lucapaolini in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (42697) Lucapaolini according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)