(10149) Cavagna
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Asteroid (10149) Cavagna |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1810 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0273 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1214 AU - 2.2406 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.1203 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 249.1669 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 237.3382 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.22 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Andrea Boattini Maura Tombelli |
| Date of discovery | August 3, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 PA , 1996 AZ 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. | |
(10149) Cavagna is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on August 3, 1994 by the Italian astronomers Andrea Boattini and Maura Tombelli at the Osservatorio Astronomico della Montagna Pistoiese ( IAU code 104) near San Marcello Pistoiese .
The asteroid was named on July 28, 1999 after the Italian amateur astronomer Marco Cavagna (1958-2005), who was a member of the Gruppo Astrofili Brianza in founding the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano in Sormano .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Cavagna: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10149) Cavagna in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (10149) Cavagna in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).