(15977) 1998 MA 11
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Asteroid (15977) 1998 MA 11 |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L5) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2024 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0480 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.9529 AU - 5.4519 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.3296 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.87 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 10.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | LINEAR |
| Date of discovery | June 19, 1998 |
| Another name | 1999 NG 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. | |
(15977) 1998 MA 11 is an asteroid belonging to the group of Jupiter Trojans . This describes asteroids that move around the sun on the Lagrange points on Jupiter's orbit .
(15977) 1998 MA 11 was discovered on June 19, 1998 during the LINEAR project at the Lincoln Laboratory ETS ( IAU code 704) near Socorro . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L5.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid 1998 MA11: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15977) 1998 MA11 in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15977) 1998 MA11 in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).