(14846) Lampedusa
Asteroid (14846) Lampedusa |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3605 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1746 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9484 AU - 2.7727 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.0319 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 109.2190 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 47.9881 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.63 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.38 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 5.835 ± 1.540 km |
Albedo | 0.064 ± 0.061 |
Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | San Vittore Observatory |
Date of discovery | January 29, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 BH , 1953 GF 1 , 1999 XP 9 |
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. |
(14846) Lampedusa is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 29 in 1989 at the Observatory San Vittore ( IAU code 552) in Bologna was discovered.
The asteroid was named on January 9, 2001 after the Italian writer and literary scholar Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), who was best known for his novel Il Gattopardo .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lampedusa: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (14846) Lampedusa in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (14846) Lampedusa in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).