(96506) Upper Austria
Asteroid (96506) Upper Austria |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6256 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1659 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1901 AU - 3.0611 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.1901 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 122.0519 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 165.2098 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | September 27, 2019 |
Sidereal period | 4.25 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.25 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 3.968 (± 0.117) km |
Albedo | 0.102 (± 0.019) |
Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Erich Meyer |
Date of discovery | July 26, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 OR 4 |
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. |
(96506) Upper Austria is an asteroid located in the central main belt . It was discovered on July 26, 1998 by the Austrian amateur astronomer Erich Meyer at the Davidschlag observatory ( IAU code 540). The observatory is located in the Davidschlag district of the Kirchschlag municipality near Linz , Upper Austria .
The mean diameter of (96506) Upper Austria was calculated to be 3.968 (± 0.117) kilometers, the albedo as 0.102 (± 0.019).
The asteroid was named on May 20, 2008 after the Austrian state of Upper Austria, which is home to the observatory with which it was discovered.
Web links
- (96506) Upper Austria in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (96506) Upper Austria 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 (96506) Upper Austria according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)