(9621) Michaelpalin
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Asteroid (9621) Michaelpalin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2639 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1675 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8848 AU - 2.6430 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.6814 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 230.4115 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 217.8029 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | UESAC |
| Date of discovery | March 21, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 FT 26 , 1981 UZ 27 , 1988 YH |
| 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. | |
(9621) Michaelpalin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 March 1993, following the Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets on La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 20, 2000 after the English actor , author , singer , travel journalist and former President of the Royal Geographical Society Michael Palin (* 1943), who became famous as a member of the British comedian group Monty Python .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Michaelpalin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Michaelpalin in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9621) Michaelpalin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).