(20254) Úpice
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Asteroid (20254) Úpice |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5100 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1337 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1744 AU - 2.8456 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.9977 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 91.2297 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 174.8767 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.98 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | P. Pravec |
| Date of discovery | March 21, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 FE 2 , 1995 QS 10 |
| 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. | |
(20254) Úpice is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on March 21, 1998 by the Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at the Ondřejov observatory ( IAU code 557) near Ondřejov in Bohemia .
The asteroid was named on May 9, 2001 after the town of Úpice in northeastern Bohemia, where an observatory, which was built with the help and support of almost all residents, has been operating since 1959.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Úpice: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (20254) Úpice in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (20254) Úpice in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).