(13599) Lisbon

Asteroid (13599) Lisbon
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5724 AU
eccentricity	0.2469
Perihelion - aphelion	1.9371 AU - 3.2076 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	7.4269 °
Length of the ascending node	154.5240 °
Argument of the periapsis	220.7529 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	26th August 2019
Sidereal period	4.13 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.5 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	August 12, 1994
Another name	1994 PM ₂₁ , 1990 SQ ₃
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(13599) Lisbon is an asteroid of the main middle belt , which was discovered on August 12, 1994 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). The asteroid had already been sighted on September 18 and 20, 1990 under the provisional designation 1990 SQ ₃ at the Palomar Observatory in California .

According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), a spectroscopic study by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel , in which asteroids were divided into spectral classes C, S and V, (13599) Lisbon den assigned to dark C asteroids .

The asteroid's orbit around the Sun has a high eccentricity of 0.2469 .

(13599) Lisbon was named after Lisbon , the capital of Portugal , on February 22nd, 2016 . Lisbon is the English-speaking name of the city. A Martian crater was named after Lisbon as early as 1979 : Martian crater Lisboa .