(5099) Iainbanks
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Asteroid (5099) Iainbanks |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4843 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0518 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3555 AU - 2.6131 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.1827 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 81.0741 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 289.7936 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 13th September 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.92 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.180 (± 0.129) km |
| Albedo | 0.243 (± 0.050) |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | February 16, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 DY 1 , 1971 TD 1 , 1979 WC 7 , 1990 HJ 2 |
| 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. | |
(5099) Iainbanks is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on February 16, 1985 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). There had been unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid before, for example on November 17, 1979 with the provisional designation 1979 WC 7 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .
The astronomer José Luis Galache estimates the mean diameter of the asteroid at 6.1 km. This corresponds to the mean diameter calculations.
(5099) Iainbanks was named after the Scottish writer Iain Banks at the suggestion of José Luis Galache . Iain Banks died on June 9, 2013. The publication of the name of the asteroid by the International Astronomical Union took place 14 days later, on June 23, 2013, the first publication being incorrectly with the number 29760 . This was corrected on July 22, 2013.
See also
Web links
- (5099) Iainbanks in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (5099) Iainbanks in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (5099) Iainbanks according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Observations from (5099) Iainbanks on minorplanetcenter.net (English)
- ↑ Sci-Fi Author Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named after Him . Article by José Luis Galache in the blog of the Minor Planet Center (English)