(1980) Tezcatlipoca
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Asteroid (1980) Tezcatlipoca |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 1.7095 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3649 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.0856 AU - 2.3333 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 26.8609 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 246.6176 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 115.3995 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 22.78 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.3 km |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 7.24612 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.92 mag |
| Spectral class | SU |
| history | |
| Explorer | AG Wilson , Å. AE Wallenquist |
| Date of discovery | June 19, 1950 |
| Another name | 1950 LA |
| 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. | |
(1980) Tezcatlipoca is an asteroid of the Amor type , which on 19 June 1950 by A. G. Wilson and Å. A. E. Wallenquist the Observatory of Mount Palomar was discovered.
The celestial body was named after Tezcatlipoca , the Aztec and Toltec god of night and matter.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tezcatlipoca: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1980) Tezcatlipoca in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1980) Tezcatlipoca in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).