(10550) Malmo
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Asteroid (10550) Malmo |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6286 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0336 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5402 AU - 2.7169 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.6247 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 112.2097 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 107.1816 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | September 24, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 4.26 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.36 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 2nd September 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 RK 7 , 1989 YZ, 1991 JP 6 |
| 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. | |
(10550) Malmö is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 September 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code in 809) Chile was discovered.
The celestial body was named on March 20, 2000 after the third largest Swedish city of Malmö , located on the Öresund .
See also
Web links
- (10550) Malmö in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10550) Malmö in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10550) Malmö according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)