(10925) Ventoux
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Asteroid (10925) Ventoux |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6194 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0608 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4602 AU - 2.7785 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4705 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 302.9004 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 137.6943 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.40 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.194 ± 0.118 km |
| Albedo | 0.217 ± 0.047 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Pierre Antonini |
| Date of discovery | January 28, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 BK 30 , 1979 SL 8 , 1983 QP |
| 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. | |
(10925) Ventoux is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on January 28, 1998 by the French amateur astronomer Pierre Antonini at the private Observatoire de Bédoin in Bédoin ( IAU code 132) in the French department of Vaucluse .
The asteroid was named on July 26, 2000 after the 1912 m high Mont Ventoux in the Vaucluse department, which gained notoriety when the English professional cyclist Tom Simpson collapsed and died on July 13, 1967 as a result of doping .
See also
Web links
- (10925) Ventoux in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10925) Ventoux in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10925) Ventoux according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)