(10136) Gauguin
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Asteroid (10136) Gauguin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2337 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1090 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9903 AU - 2.4772 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.4049 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 120.4704 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 93.4757 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.34 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.92 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | July 20, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 OM 3 , 1969 EX 1 , 1986 KS, 1993 OB 11 , 1994 WM 3 |
| 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. | |
(10136) Gauguin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 July 1993 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 celestial body was named on July 28, 1999 after the French painter Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), who became known as a post-impressionist primarily for his paintings from the South Seas .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gauguin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10136) Gauguin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10136) Gauguin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).