(43843) Cleynaerts
Asteroid (43843) Cleynaerts |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Chloris family |
Major semi-axis | 2.7422 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2293 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1133 AU - 3.3711 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4964 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 283.7100 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 321.3490 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.54 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 5.466 ± 0.248 |
Albedo | 0.094 ± 0.021 |
Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | July 12, 1993 |
Another name | 1993 NC 2 , 1998 SE 69 , 2001 BU 70 |
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. |
(43843) Cleynaerts is an asteroid of the central main belt discovered on July 12, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid belongs to the Chloris family, a group of asteroids named after (410) Chloris .
(43843) Cleynaerts was named on November 28, 2010 after the Belgian humanist , theologian , grammarian , orientalist and Semitist Nicolaes Cleynaerts (1493–1542), whose goal in life was to bring Christianity and Islam closer together.
See also
Web links
- (43843) Cleynaerts in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (43843) Cleynaerts in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (43843) Cleynaerts according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (43843) Cleynaerts in the AstDyS-2 database (English)