(1313) Berna

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Asteroid
(1313) Berna
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6561  AU
eccentricity 0.2083
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1029 AU - 3.2094 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.5349 °
Length of the ascending node 298.3556 °
Argument of the periapsis 99.2740 °
Sidereal period 4,332 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.271 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 14 km
Albedo ?
Rotation period 25.46 h
Absolute brightness 11.6 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer S. Arend
Date of discovery August 24, 1933
Another name 1933 QG , 1926 EA, A911 OA
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.

(1313) Berna is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on August 24, 1933 by the Belgian astronomer Sylvain Julien Victor Arend in Ukkel .

The asteroid is orbited by the natural satellite S / 2004 (1313) 1 , which has a diameter of approx. 15.2 ± 6.2 kilometers, at a very short distance of 35 km and with an orbital period of 1.061 ± 0.005 days.

At the request of the orbit calculator, Sigmund Mauderli , the asteroid was named after the Swiss federal city of Bern .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-01313.html