(14659) Gregorian
Asteroid (14659) Gregoriana |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6419 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1189 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3278 AU - 2.9561 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.4932 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 115.1175 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 81.5498 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.29 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.31 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 7.221 ± 0.180 km |
Albedo | 0.282 ± 0.054 |
Rotation period | 9.638 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
history | |
Explorer |
Maura Tombelli Giuseppe Forti |
Date of discovery | January 15, 1999 |
Another name | 1999 AF 24 , 1992 OF 8 |
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. |
(14659) Gregoriana is an asteroid located in the main belt , which was discovered on January 15, 1999 by the Italian astronomers Maura Tombelli and Giuseppe Forti at the Montelupo Observatory ( observatory code 108) in Montelupo Fiorentino .
The asteroid was named on April 27, 2002 after the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome , which emerged from the first Jesuit school, Collegio Romano, and which still enjoys great international renown.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gregoriana: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (14659) Gregoriana in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (14659) Gregoriana in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).