(14967) Madrid

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Asteroid
(14967) Madrid
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 23, 2014 ( JD 2,456,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5600  AU
eccentricity 0.1428
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1943 AU - 2.9257 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.0442 °
Length of the ascending node 303.9821 °
Argument of the periapsis 60.1629 °
Sidereal period 4.10 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.61 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.4 mag
history
Explorer Ángel López Jiménez
Rafael Pacheco
Date of discovery August 6, 1997
Another name 1997 PF 4 , 1981 UK
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.

(14967) Madrid is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 6 August 1997 by the Spanish astronomers Ángel López Jiménez and Rafael Pacheco at the Planetarium Mallorca ( IAU code 620) in Costitx on the Balearic -Insel Mallorca was discovered.

The asteroid was named on October 13, 2000 after the Spanish capital Madrid , which is the birth and hometown of Rafael Pacheco.

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