(7464) Vipera
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Asteroid (7464) Vipera |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5637 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2687 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8749 AU - 3.2525 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.6245 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 17.9469 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 15.9646 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.10 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.58 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | November 15, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 VB 1 , 1954 UQ, 1987 WE 4 , 1991 RJ 26 |
| 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. | |
(7464) Vipera is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on November 15, 1987 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid was part of the Astraea family, a group of asteroids named after (5) Astraea , in previous editions of the AstDyS-2 database . In recent editions of the database it is listed as not belonging to any asteroid family. The orbit of (7464) Vipera around the Sun has a high eccentricity of 0.2687 .
(7464) Vipera is named after the genus of the real otters ( Vipera ), especially the adder ( Vipera berus ), which can be observed in the forest around the Kleť Observatory. The name was given by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on August 4, 2001 at the suggestion of the Czech astronomer Miloš Tichý .
Web links
- (7464) Vipera in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (7464) Vipera in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)