(11519) eagle

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Asteroid
(11519) eagle
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Massalia family
Major semi-axis 2.3931  AU
eccentricity 0.1580
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0149 AU - 2.7712 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.6635 °
Length of the ascending node 37.5844 °
Argument of the periapsis 216.9165 °
Sidereal period 3.70 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.25 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery April 8, 1991
Another name 1991 GZ 4 , 1976 GX, 1997 BX 9 , 1999 NC 11
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.

(11519) Eagle is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 April 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid is a member of the Massalia family, a group of asteroids with low orbital inclination named after their largest member (20) Massalia .

(11519) Adler was named after the Austrian doctor and psychotherapist Alfred Adler (1870–1937), the founder of individual psychology .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)