(15003) Midori
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Asteroid (15003) Midori |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9925 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1069 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6725 AU - 3.3125 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.2312 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 233.4194 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.18 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.23 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Takao Kobayashi |
| Date of discovery | 5th December 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 XC 10 , 1986 RX 15 , 1999 CY 111 |
| 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. | |
(15003) Midori is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 December 1997 by the Japanese astronomer Takao Kobayashi at Oizumi Observatory ( IAU code 411) in the Japanese prefecture of Gunma was discovered.
The celestial body was named on April 27, 2002 after the Japanese violinist Midori Gotō (* 1971), who made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eleven and since 2004 has been professor of violin at the Jascha Heifetz chair for music at the Thornton School of Music ( University of Southern California ) teaches.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Midori: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15003) Midori in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15003) Midori in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).