(12246) Pliska
Asteroid (12246) Pliska |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3168 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1156 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0489 AU - 2.5847 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.9937 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.53 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Wioleta Ivanova |
Date of discovery | September 11, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 RJ 8 , 1981 SY 4 , 1981 UY 18 , 1998 KE 62 |
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. |
(12246) Pliska is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 11, 1988 by the Bulgarian astronomer Violeta Iwanowa at the Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory - Roschen ( IAU code 071) near Smolyan .
The asteroid was named after the northeast Bulgarian city of Pliska , the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, founded in 681 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pliska: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (12246) Pliska in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (12246) Pliska in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).