(165612) Stackpole

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Asteroid
(165612) Stackpole
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.5636  AU
eccentricity 0.0418
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4564 AU - 2.6707 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.7056 °
Length of the ascending node 221.7813 °
Argument of the periapsis 313.5782 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 17th July 2017
Sidereal period 4.10 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 16.5 mag
history
Explorer David Healy
Date of discovery March 23, 2001
Another name 2001 FP 86 , 1999 VJ 231 , 2005 EV 76
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.

(165612) Stackpole is an asteroid of the main middle belt that was discovered on November 15, 2003 by the American amateur astronomer David Healy at the Junk Bond Observatory in Sierra Vista , Arizona ( IAU code 701), which he founded. The asteroid had previously been sighted on November 12, 1999 under the provisional designation 1999 VJ 231 at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico .

(165612) Stackpole was on 21 March 2008 after the science fiction - author Michael A. Stackpole named, who lives in Arizona.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. (165612) Stackpole at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)