(19398) Creedence
Asteroid (19398) Creedence |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3158 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2618 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7095 AU - 2.9222 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8808 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.52 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Piero Sicoli Pierangelo Ghezzi |
Date of discovery | March 2, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 EM 8 , 1975 TQ 6 , 1999 KG 11 |
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. |
(19398) Creedence is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 2, 1998 by the Italian astronomers Piero Sicoli and Pierangelo Ghezzi at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( IAU code 587) in Sormano .
The asteroid was named on August 6, 2009 after the Californian rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (also CCR or Creedence ).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Creedence: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (19398) Creedence in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (19398) Creedence in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).