(5171) Augustesen
Asteroid (5171) Augustesen |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4247 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1313 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1064 AU - 2.7430 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.0908 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 322.1421 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 45.2959 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.78 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.12 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 480 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Poul Jensen |
Date of discovery | September 8, 1988 |
Another name | 1987 SQ 3 , 1953 RP, 1953 RP 1 , 1989 CH 8 |
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. |
(5171) Augustesen is an asteroid of the main belt , which the Danish astronomer Poul Jensen on September 8, 1988 at Brorfelde Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 054).
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2005 after the Danish astronomer Karl Augustesen , who worked for many years at the Brorfelde Observatory.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Augustesen: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Augustesen in the Small-Body Database of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5171) Augustesen in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).