(8006) Tacchini
Asteroid (8006) Tacchini |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.6599 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0334 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5711 AU - 2.7487 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.2580 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 149.1962 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 145.7355 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.34 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.26 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | San Vittore Observatory |
Date of discovery | August 22, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 QU , 1949 QR 2 , 1995 DB 5 |
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. |
(8006) Tacchini is a main belt asteroid discovered on August 22, 1988 at the San Vittore Observatory ( IAU code 552) in Bologna .
The asteroid was named after the Italian astronomer Pietro Tacchini (1838-1905), who together with Angelo Secchi founded the Italian Spectroscopic Society in 1871 and in 1874 observed the passage of Venus in India .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tacchini: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Tacchini in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8006) Tacchini in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).