(15417) Babylon
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Asteroid (15417) Babylon |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.9294 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0524 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.7234 AU - 4.1353 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1856 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 75.7757 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 192.5327 ° |
| Sidereal period | 7.79 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 14.98 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | February 27, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 DH 34 , 1981 AY 2 , 1999 JX 27 |
| 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. | |
(15417) Babylon is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst on February 27, 1998 at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already taken place on January 8, 1981 under the provisional designation 1981 AY 2 at the Japanese Kiso Observatory .
Mean solar distance ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbital plane of (15417) Babylon correspond to the Hilda group , a family of asteroids that move in an orbital resonance of 3: 2 with the planet Jupiter around the sun . This group is named after the asteroid (153) Hilda .
(15417) Babylon was named after Babylon on August 6, 2003 , as the capital of Babylonia, one of the most important cities of ancient times . In 2013, sulci, which are furrows or gullies, were named after Babylon on Jupiter's moon Ganymede : Babylon Sulci .
Web links
- (15417) Babylon in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (15417) Babylon in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (15417) Babylon according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (15417) Babylon at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ↑ The Babylon Sulci in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)