(15329) Sabena
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Asteroid (15329) Sabena |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1345 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1244 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7446 AU - 3.5245 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.2165 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.55 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | 17th September 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 SN 7 , 1990 EB 11 , 1998 UK 4 , 1999 XP 47 |
| 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. | |
(15329) Sabena is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 September 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory was discovered.
It was named on May 26, 2002 in honor of the staff of the Belgian national airline Sabena , which had to cease operations in 2001 due to financial problems.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sabena: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15329) Sabena in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15329) Sabena in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).