(17473) Freddiemercury
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Asteroid (17473) Freddiemercury |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Massalia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3894 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1562 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0162 AU - 2.7627 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9106 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 0.7977 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 100.5760 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 10, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 3.70 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.435 (± 0.374) km |
| Albedo | 0.313 (± 0.064) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | March 21, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 FM 3 , 1982 VC 9 , 1999 JE 127 |
| 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. | |
(17473) Freddiemercury is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on March 21, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). The asteroid had already been sighted on November 9, 1982 under the provisional designation 1982 VC 9 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid is a member of the Massalia family, a group of asteroids with low orbital inclination named after their largest member (20) Massalia .
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 3.435 (± 0.374) kilometers and the albedo to be 0.313 (± 0.064).
(17473) Freddiemercury was named on August 18, 2016 after the singer Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), at the suggestion of Joel Parker of the Southwest Research Institute , who wanted to honor Freddie Mercury on his 70th birthday. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) then selected the asteroid 1991 FM 3 because the initials Freddie Mercury are included in the provisional name. A designation certificate was issued by the IAU on September 4, 2016.
See also
Web links
- (17473) Freddiemercury in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (17473) Freddiemercury in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (17473) Freddiemercury according to the Minor Planet Center of the IAU at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (17473) Freddiemercury at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
- ↑ Article on the asteroid from September 4, 2016 by Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May (the asteroid (52665) was named Brianmay after Brian May in 2008 ).