(12405) Nespoli
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Asteroid (12405) Nespoli |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3728 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1138 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1027 AU - 2.6428 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.1971 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.66 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Valter Giuliani Francesco Manca |
| Date of discovery | September 15, 1995 |
| Another name | 1995 RK |
| 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. | |
(12405) Nespoli is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 15, 1995 by the Italian astronomers Valter Giuliani and Francesco Manca at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in Sormano .
The asteroid was named after the Italian engineer and astronaut Paolo Nespoli (* 1957), who worked on the design of the Tethered Satellite System from 1987 and, as the second Italian mission specialist, worked on the expansion of the ISS during his shuttle flight on board the Discovery in 2007 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nespoli: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (12405) Nespoli in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (12405) Nespoli in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).