(11706) Rijeka
Asteroid (11706) Rijeka |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.9105 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0589 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7392 AU - 3.0818 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0348 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 29.3896 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.97 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Korado Korlević Marino Dusić |
Date of discovery | April 20, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 HV 4 , 1990 TG 14 |
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. |
(11706) Rijeka is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 20, 1998 by the Croatian astronomers Korado Korlević and Marino Dusić at the Višnjan Observatory ( IAU code 120) in Croatia .
The asteroid was named after the Croatian port city of Rijeka , which was built around 180 BC. It was conquered by the Romans and moved to the place of today's old town.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rijeka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11706) Rijeka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (11706) Rijeka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).