(5116) Korsør

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Asteroid
(5116) Korsør
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hygiea family
Major semi-axis 3.1871  AU
eccentricity 0.1249
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7891 AU - 3.5850 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.2362 °
Length of the ascending node 30.5966 °
Argument of the periapsis 38.2395 °
Sidereal period 5.69 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.66 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 4.503 h
Absolute brightness 11.9 likes
history
Explorer Poul Jensen
Date of discovery March 13, 1988
Another name 1988 EU , 1970 BC, 1982 DH 3 , 1982 HQ 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.

(5116) Korsør is an asteroid in the main belt of the solar system , which the Danish astronomer Poul Jensen discovered on March 13, 1988 at the Brorfelde Observatory ( IAU code 054). It is outside the 5: 2 Kirkwood gap , which is 2.82  AU .

The asteroid belongs to the Hygiea family, a rather older group of asteroids, as is believed, the largest member of which is the asteroid (10) Hygiea .

(5116) Korsør was named on January 24, 2000 after the port town of Korsør , located on the Great Belt on the island of Zealand ( Denmark ) , which is the birthplace of the astronomer Karl Augustesen who worked at the Brorfelde Observatory .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The family affiliation of (5116) Korsør in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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