(10943) Brunier
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Asteroid (10943) Brunier |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1464 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1737 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7735 AU - 2.5193 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.7499 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 267.8699 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 74.1636 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 4th April 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 3.14 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.32 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | ODAS |
| Date of discovery | March 20, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 FY 6 , 1978 WK 15 , 1984 SH 2 , 1994 WW 9 , 1996 HS 10 |
| 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. | |
(10943) Brunier is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 20, 1999 during the OCA-DLR asteroid survey at the observatory in Caussols ( IAU code 910) in southern France .
The asteroid was named on July 26, 2000 after the French photographer , reporter and author Serge Brunier (* 1958), who specializes in popular representations of astronomy .
See also
Web links
- (10943) Brunier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10943) Brunier in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (10943) Brunier according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)