(11066) Sigurd
Asteroid (11066) Sigurd |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Apollo type |
Major semi-axis | 1.3915 AU |
eccentricity | 0.3754 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 0.8691 AU - 1.9138 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 36.8829 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 349.2458 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 22.0062 ° |
Sidereal period | 1.64 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 25.24 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 2.778 ± 0.115 |
Albedo | 0.190 ± 0.033 |
Rotation period | 8.4958 h |
Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
Spectral class (according to SMASSII) |
K |
history | |
Explorer |
CS Shoemaker , EM Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | February 9, 1992 |
Another name | 1992 CC 1 , 1987 GE |
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. |
(11066) Sigurd is a near-Earth asteroid (planetoid) of the Apollo type . These are heavenly bodies whose orbit the earth's orbit can cross.
The asteroid was discovered on February 9, 1992 by CS Shoemaker and EM Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory and was named on May 23, 2000 after Sigurd , a hero from Nordic mythology ( Edda , Völsunga saga ).
Sigurd is an asteroid of the spectral type K.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sigurd: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11066) Sigurd in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (11066) Sigurd in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (11066) Sigurd in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).