(15860) Siráň
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Asteroid (15860) Siráň |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3766 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1503 AU - 2.6029 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.8973 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.66 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.32 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Adrián Galád Dušan Kalmančok |
| Date of discovery | April 20, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 HO, 1997 PB 2 |
| 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. | |
(15860) Siráň is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 20, 1996 by the Slovak astronomers Adrián Galád and Dušan Kalmančok at the observatory of the Comenius University in Modra ( IAU code 118).
The asteroid is named after the Slovak geophysicist Gustáv Sirán (1934-2000), who headed the Department of Astronomy, Geophysics and Meteorology at Comenius University from 1981 to 1989. During this time the observatory in Modra was also built, where this asteroid was discovered.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Siráň: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15860) Siráň in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15860) Siráň in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).