(11333) Forman

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Asteroid
(11333) Forman
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4325  AU
eccentricity 0.2026
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9397 AU - 2.9252 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.9704 °
Length of the ascending node 174.8186 °
Argument of the periapsis 192.5605 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 1, 2020
Sidereal period 3.79 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.11 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 3.601 km (± 0.798)
Albedo 0.197 (± 0.103)
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer Petr Pravec , Lenka Kotková
Date of discovery April 20, 1996
Another name 1996 HU , 1993 RB 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.

(11333) Forman is an asteroid of the inner main belt , which on 20 April 1996 by the Czech astronomer Petr Pravec and Lenka Kotková (then under her maiden name Lenka Šarounová ) at the observatory Ondřejov ( IAU code 557) in Ondřejov u Prahy discovered has been.

The mean diameter of the asteroid was roughly calculated to be 3.601 km (± 0.798).

Mean distance from the sun ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid lie within the respective limit values ​​that are defined for the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa (also called Hertha family, according to (135) Hertha ).

(11333) Forman was named on November 23, 1999 after the Czech -born American film director Miloš Forman . Forman's films highlighted in the dedication are The Black Peter , The Fire Brigade Ball , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Hair , Ragtime and Amadeus .

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