(64553) Segorbe

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Asteroid
(64553) Segorbe
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3469  AU
eccentricity 0.1512
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9920 AU - 2.7019 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.4130 °
Length of the ascending node 110.8773 °
Argument of the periapsis 8.9566 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 20th August 2016
Sidereal period 3.60 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.44 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 15.8 mag
history
Explorer Rafael Ferrando
Date of discovery November 24, 2001
Another name 2001 WR 15 , 1995 AT 4
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(64553) Segorbe is a main inner belt asteroid discovered by Spanish astronomer Rafael Ferrando on November 24, 2001 at the Pla D'Arguines Observatory ( IAU code 941) in Segorbe , Valencia Province . The asteroid had already been sighted on January 5th, 6th and 8th 1995 under the provisional designation 1995 AT 4 at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg in the Tautenburg Forest .

(64553) Segorbe was named after the city of Segorbe on September 10, 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Observations from (64553) Segorbe on minorplanetcenter.net (English)