(16563) Ob
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Asteroid (16563) Ob |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1297 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0952 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8317 AU - 3.4277 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.5127 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 143.7245 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 317.3362 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.54 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.819 ± 0.172 km |
| Albedo | 0.056 ± 0.005 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | January 30, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 BF 2 , 1998 FY 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. | |
(16563) Whether is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 January 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was on 13 June 2006 after the 3650 km long western Siberian power Whether named in the the Arctic Ocean (Arctic Ocean) belonging Kara opens.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ob: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16563) Whether in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16563) Whether in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).