(9341) Gracekelly
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Asteroid (9341) Gracekelly |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5514 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0894 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3234 AU - 2.7794 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.3290 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 82.1725 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 245.3295 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.08 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.64 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 2nd August 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 PH 2 , 1996 XZ 32 |
| 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. | |
(9341) Grace Kelly is an asteroid of the main belt , the August 2, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code was discovered 809).
The asteroid was named on November 20, 2002 after the American film actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982), who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film drama A Girl from the Country in 1955 and ended her film career in 1956 to Prince Rainier III. from Monaco to get married.
See also
Web links
- (9341) Gracekelly in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (9341) Grace Kelly 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 (9341) Gracekelly according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)