(12376) Cochabamba
Asteroid (12376) Cochabamba |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5685 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2418 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9475 AU - 3.1894 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6084 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 131.9380 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 91.7957 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.12 a |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 6.32068 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | July 8, 1994 |
Another name | 1994 NW 1 , 1992 YF 3 |
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. |
(12376) Cochabamba is an asteroid of the central main belt , which was discovered on July 8, 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Schmidt telescope of the French Observatoire de Calern near Grasse ( IAU code 010). The asteroid had already been sighted on December 31, 1992 under the provisional designation 1992 YF 3 at the Japanese Nihondaira Observatory .
The rotation period of (12376) Cochabamba was determined on April 29, 2006 by Vincenzo Silvano Casulli and Laurent Bernasconi to be 6.32068 hours.
The asteroid's orbit around the Sun has a high eccentricity of 0.2418 .
(12376) Cochabamba was named after the Bolivian city of Cochabamba on November 6, 2014 .
See also
Web links
- (12376) Cochabamba in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (12376) Cochabamba in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (12376) Cochabamba according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (12376) Cochabamba at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)