(78071) Vicent
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Asteroid (78071) Vicent |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Lydia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7460 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0817 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5218 AU - 2.9702 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.5209 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 184.4082 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 144.9458 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.55 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.97 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Rafael Ferrando |
| Date of discovery | June 1, 2002 |
| Another name | 2002 LT 6 , 2001 EJ 22 |
| 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. | |
(78071) Vicent is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on June 1, 2002 by the Spanish astronomer Rafael Ferrando at the Observatorio Pla D'Arguines ( IAU code 941) in Segorbe , Valencia province . An unconfirmed sighting (2001 EJ 22 ) of the asteroid had already occurred on March 20, 2001 as part of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking project at the Haleakalā Observatory on Maui .
It is believed that the asteroid could more broadly belong to the Lydia family, a group of asteroids named after (110) Lydia - the orbit of (78071) Vicent's orbit around the Sun ( eccentricity ) is similar with a value of rounded 0.082 however less of an ideal circular orbit than those of typical Lydia asteroids (0.026 to 0.061). Furthermore, the timeless (non- osculating ) orbital elements of (78071) Vicent are almost identical to those of the larger (assuming the absolute magnitude of 13.6 versus 15.2) asteroids (10172) Humphreys .
(78071) Vicent is named after Francesc Vicent , born in Segorbe , a Valencian author of the first known treatise on the modern game of chess , which is known in a print from 1495. The asteroid was named on September 28, 2004.
Web links
- (78071) Vicent in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (78071) Vicent in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (78071) Vicent according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Family status of (78071) Vicent in the AstDyS-2 database (English)