(9523) Torino

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Asteroid
(9523) Torino
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.4497  AU
eccentricity 0.1324
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1252 AU - 2.7741 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.9339 °
Length of the ascending node 145.3267 °
Argument of the periapsis 19.3583 °
Sidereal period 3.83 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.4 mag
history
Explorer H. Debehogne
G. de Sanctis
Date of discovery March 5th 1981
Another name 1981 EE 1 , 1977 DC,
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.

(9523) Torino is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 March 1981 by the astronomer Henri DEBEHOGNE and Giovanni de Sanctis at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The celestial body belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa (also called the Hertha family, after (135) Hertha ).

The asteroid was named on January 30, 2010 after the Italian city ​​of Turin , the administrative seat of the Piedmont region and headquarters of the Italian automotive industry.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)

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