(13534) Alain-Fournier
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Asteroid (13534) Alain-Fournier |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2030 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1759 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6396 AU - 3.7664 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.2596 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 8.3894 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 321.0679 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.73 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 4th September 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 RZ 11 , 1997 XH 4 |
| 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. | |
(13534) Alain-Fournier is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on September 4, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer E. W. Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
(13534) Alain-Fournier was named on September 9, 2014 after the French writer and literary critic Alain-Fournier (1886-1914), who created a classic in French literature with the novel The Great Meaulnes , published in 1913 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Alain-Fournier: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13534) Alain-Fournier in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (13534) Alain-Fournier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (13534) Alain-Fournier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).