(10663) Black Forest
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Asteroid (10663) Black Forest |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1918 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1634 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6705 AU - 3.7131 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4968 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 111.1223 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 9.3198 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 23, 2021 |
| Sidereal period | 5.70 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.56 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 8.894 (± 0.080) km |
| Albedo | 0.089 (± 0.012) |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 29th September 1973 |
| Another name | 4283 T-2 , 1996 TU 1 |
| 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. | |
(10663) Black Forest is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the 2nd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 13 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
The mean diameter of (10663) Black Forest was calculated to be 8.894 (± 0.080) km , the albedo as 0.089 (± 0.012).
The asteroid was named on May 1, 2003 after the low mountain range Black Forest .
Web links
- (10663) Black Forest in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10663) Black Forest in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10663) Black Forest according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (10663) Black Forest in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).