(16750) Marisandoz
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Asteroid (16750) Marisandoz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6310 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1701 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1836 AU - 3.0785 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8240 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 314.5898 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 230.7617 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.27 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.35 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | R. Linderholm |
| Date of discovery | August 18, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 QL , 1969 EO, 1992 TK |
| 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. | |
(16750) Marisandoz is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 18 August 1996 by the American astronomer Robert Linderholm at Lime Creek Observatory ( IAU code 721) in Cambridge , Nebraska was discovered.
The celestial body was named on April 27, 2002 after the American writer Mari Sandoz (1896-1966), who wrote 21 books and stories about life on the Great Plains , including a biography of the leader of the Oglala Indians Crazy Horse .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Marisandoz: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16750) Marisandoz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16750) Marisandoz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).