(9141) Kapur
Asteroid (9141) Kapur |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1725 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1862 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5819 AU - 3.7631 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.0572 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 82.7761 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 172.3701 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.65 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.69 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | October 16, 1977 |
Another name | 5174 T-3 , 1970 KE, 1989 WL 4 |
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. |
(9141) Kapur is an asteroid of the main belt , October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory ( observatory code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named on August 8, 1998 after the Indian actor and film director Shekhar Kapur (* 1945), who was the first successful director from the Hindi film industry in Mumbai to also create award-winning films in British and American films.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kapur: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Kapur in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9141) Kapur in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).