(16543) Rosetta
Asteroid (16543) Rosetta |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3205 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1263 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0275 AU - 2.6136 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.3852 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 333.1072 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 83.3302 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.53 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 3.809 ± 0.096 km |
Albedo | 0.296 ± 0.038 |
Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer | EW Elst |
Another name | 1991 RC 2 , 1998 QQ 32 |
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. |
(16543) Rosetta is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 September 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at de Observatoire Haute-Provence ( IAU code 511) in the southeast of France was discovered.
The celestial body was named after the Rosetta space probe on January 5, 2015 , in memory of its successful arrival at the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet on August 6, 2014, which it then accompanied for more than two years.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rosetta: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16543) Rosetta in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16543) Rosetta in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).