(13406) Sekora
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Asteroid (13406) Sekora |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7444 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1656 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2899 AU - 3.1990 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.4254 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 231.0215 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 38.4290 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.55 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Lenka Šarounová |
| Date of discovery | October 2, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 TA 4 , 1981 UW 5 |
| 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. | |
(13406) Sekora is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 2, 1999 by the Czech astronomer Lenka Šarounová at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) on Mount Manda in Ondřejov in the Czech Republic.
The asteroid was on 9 January 2001 after the Czech writer , children's author , cartoonist , journalist and graphic artist Ondřej Sekora named (1899-1967), whose children's books and the occurring main characters as the Ant Ferda and its derived cartoons in the Czech Republic are well known.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sekora: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13406) Sekora in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13406) Sekora in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).