(14103) Manzoni

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Asteroid
(14103) Manzoni
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.9942  AU
eccentricity 0.0696
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7392 AU - 3.1492 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1247 °
Length of the ascending node 21.1932 °
Argument of the periapsis 263.3625 °
Sidereal period 5.05 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer Piero Sicoli
Augusto Testa
Date of discovery October 1, 1997
Another name 1997 TC
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.

(14103) Manzoni is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 1, 1997 by the Italian astronomers Piero Sicoli and Augusto Testa at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in the Lombard foothills near Sormano .

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

(14103) Manzoni was named on April 15, 2014 after the Italian poet and writer Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), whose most famous work is the novel I Promessi Sposi (German The Brides , formerly Die Verlobten ), published in 1827 .

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Individual evidence

  1. (14103) Manzoni in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).