(12368) Mutsaers
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Asteroid (12368) Mutsaers |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3528 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2073 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8651 AU - 2.8405 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.9839 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 39.5183 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 204.4474 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.61 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | February 7, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 CM 11 , 1976 GK, 1991 NU 7 |
| 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. | |
(12368) Mutsaers is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on February 7, 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already taken place: on April 1, 1976 (1976 GK) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj and in July 1991 at the La Silla Observatory (1991 NU 7 ).
The asteroid was named on March 9, 2001 after the Dutch painter and author Charlotte Mutsaers . The suggestion for the name came from EW Elst's uncle J. Geerts.
Web links
- (12368) Mutsaers in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12368) Mutsaers in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances by (12368) Mutsaers according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement about the asteroid on the website of the De Bezige Bij publisher (Dutch)