(9447) Julesbordet

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Asteroid
(9447) Julesbordet
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Gefion family
Major semi-axis 2.7508  AU
eccentricity 0.1474
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3454 AU - 3.1561 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.8799 °
Length of the ascending node 87.2403 °
Argument of the periapsis 241.0873 °
Sidereal period 4.56 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.94 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.2 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery May 3, 1997
Another name 1997 JJ 18 , 1979 MP, 1982 BZ 6
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.

(9447) Julesbordet is an asteroid of the main belt , which on May 3, 1997 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Gefion family, an asteroid family named after (1272) Gefion .

The asteroid was named after the Belgian biologist Jules Bordet (1870–1961), who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1919 for his discoveries in the field of immunity .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (9447) Julesbordet in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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