(15318) Innsbruck
Asteroid (15318) Innsbruck |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Phocaea family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3433 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2011 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8721 AU - 2.8145 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 25.6194 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 93.6450 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 192.2502 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 17th October 2018 |
Sidereal period | 3.59 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 15.45 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 6.079 ± 0.110 km |
Albedo | 0.302 ± 0.031 |
Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | May 24, 1993 |
Another name | 1993 KX 1 , 1998 XB 49 |
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. |
(15318) Innsbruck is an asteroid of the main asteroid belt that was discovered on May 24, 1993 by Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California .
The asteroid belongs to the Phocaea family, a group of asteroids named after (25) Phocaea . The 4: 1 orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter is characteristic of this group . The solar orbit of (15318) Innsbruck is strongly inclined with more than 25 ° compared to the ecliptic of the solar system , which is characteristic of Phocaea asteroids.
It was named on March 9, 2001 after Innsbruck , the capital of Tyrol .
See also
Web links
- (15318) Innsbruck in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (15318) Innsbruck in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (15318) Innsbruck according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)