(11083) Caracas
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Asteroid (11083) Caracas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3534 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1040 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1086 AU - 2.5982 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.7291 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 354.3572 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 65.4560 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.61 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 15, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 RZ 6 , 1986 XR 2 , 1997 YK 16 |
| 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. | |
(11083) Caracas is an asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered on September 15, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). There were unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid on December 3, 1986 at the French Observatoire de Calern under the provisional designation 1986 XR 2 .
The asteroid was named after Caracas , the capital of Venezuela , on March 20, 2000 .
Web links
- (11083) Caracas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (11083) Caracas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (11083) Caracas according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (11083) Caracas at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)