(5313) Nunes
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Asteroid (5313) Nunes |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2157 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1216 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9463 AU - 2.4852 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.5257 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 111.9935 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 138.2478 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.00 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 2.798 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | September 18, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 SC 2 , 1958 DL, 1988 GJ |
| 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. | |
(5313) Nunes is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 September 1982 by the Belgian astronomer Henri DEBEHOGNE at La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Portuguese mathematician and astronomer Pedro Nunes (1502–1578), who made significant achievements in the areas of navigation and angle measurement and who developed the vernier named after him .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nunes: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Nunes in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5313) Nunes in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).