(209791) Tokaj
Asteroid (209791) Tokaj |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6865 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0907 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4427 AU - 2.9303 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.2573 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 48.3305 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 342.6649 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 19th August 2016 |
Sidereal period | 4.40 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 16.8 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Krisztián Sárneczky |
Date of discovery | April 1, 2005 |
Another name | 2005 GU 21 |
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. |
(209791) Tokaj is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on April 1, 2005 by the Hungarian amateur astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at the Piszkéstető Observatory ( IAU code 561) in the northern Hungarian Mátra Mountains on behalf of the Budapest Konkoly Observatory .
The asteroid was named on July 12, 2014 after the Hungarian city of Tokaj , which is best known for the Tokaj wine named after the city .
Web links
- (209791) Tokaj in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (209791) Tokaj in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (209791) Tokaj according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)