(16683) Alepieri
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Asteroid (16683) Alepieri |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0429 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1136 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6972 AU - 3.3886 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8926 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 93.9350 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 142.4246 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.31 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.09 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.401 ± 0.071 km |
| Albedo | 0.036 ± 0.005 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Luciano Tesi Gabriele Cattani |
| Date of discovery | May 3, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 JY , 1994 JO 9 , 1999 GK 22 |
| 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. | |
(16683) Alepieri is an asteroid of the main belt , which from May 3, 1994 Italian astronomer Luciano Tesi and Gabriele Cattani at Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory ( IAU code 104) northeast of San Marcello Pistoiese was discovered.
The asteroid was named on January 9, 2001 after the Italian amateur astronomer Alessandro Pieri (1969-2000), a member of the Associazione Astrofili Valdinievole . He dealt with the observation of meteors and astrophotography .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Alepieri: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16683) Alepieri in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16683) Alepieri in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).