(9357) Venezuela
Asteroid (9357) Venezuela |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8977 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0789 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6691 AU - 3.1263 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9991 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.93 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.49 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Orlando A. Naranjo |
Date of discovery | January 11, 1992 |
Another name | 1992 AT 3 , 1995 UN 12 , 1998 HV 57 |
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. |
(9357) Venezuela is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on January 11, 1992 by the Venezuelan astronomer Orlando A. Naranjo at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional de Llano del Hato ( IAU code 303) near Mérida .
The asteroid was named after Venezuela, the homeland of the discoverer.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Venezuela: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Venezuela in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9357) Venezuela in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).