(6035) Citlaltépetl
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Asteroid (6035) Citlaltépetl |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3142 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2175 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8108 AU - 2.8176 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.9905 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 171.5840 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 82.1699 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.52 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 17.9 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | July 27, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 OR , 1990 FF |
| 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. | |
(6035) Citlaltépetl is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 July 1987 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at de Observatoire Haute-Provence ( Observatories Code 511) was discovered in southeastern France.
The asteroid is named after the volcano Citlaltépetl , located in the Sierra Volcánica Transversal near the city of Orizaba , which is the highest volcano in North America and the highest mountain in Mexico with its height of 5636 m .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Citlaltépetl: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Citlaltépetl in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6035) Citlaltépetl in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).