(5122) Mucha
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Asteroid (5122) Mucha |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5886 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2000 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0708 AU - 3.1065 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.7541 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 112.8788 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 259.8121 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.17 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.51 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | January 3, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 AZ 1 , 1979 UH 3 , 1983 NV, 1985 BE |
| 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. | |
(5122) Mucha is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 3, 1989 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov in Bohemia .
The asteroid was named after the Czech poster artist, graphic artist , illustrator , painter , amateur photographer and craftsman Alfons Mucha (1860–1939), who is considered to be one of the outstanding representatives of Art Nouveau .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Mucha: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Mucha in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5122) Mucha in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).