(14877) Magic Flute
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Asteroid (14877) Magic Flute |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0402 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0651 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8424 AU - 3.2380 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.3265 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 65.6871 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 332.5177 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.07 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.420 ± 0.166 km |
| Albedo | 0.135 ± 0.022 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | November 19, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 WC 9 , 1990 VT 14 , 1996 CT |
| 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. | |
(14877) The Magic Flute is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on November 19, 1990 at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst .
The heavenly body was named after Mozart's opera The Magic Flute on April 13, 2006 on the occasion of Mozart 's 250th birthday .
See also
Web links
- Discovery Circumstances of (14877) Magic Flute according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
- (14877) Magic Flute in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (14877) Magic Flute in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).