(13253) Stejneger
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Asteroid (13253) Stejneger |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2697 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1110 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0177 AU - 2.5217 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.4475 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 316.8511 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 207.7318 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.42 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.419 ± 0.123 km |
| Albedo | 0.478 ± 0.047 |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | July 26, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 OM 13 , 1990 DC 2 , 1991 PQ 32 |
| 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. | |
(13253) Stejneger is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 July 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 27, 2010 after the Norwegian- born American zoologist Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943), who wrote more than 400 scientific papers, including on birds, reptiles and seals.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Stejneger: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13253) Stejneger in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13253) Stejneger in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).