(2202) Pele
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Asteroid (2202) Pele |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2897 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.5132 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.1146 AU - 3.4648 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.7453 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 169.9803 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 217.9396 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.46 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.67 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 0.9-2.0 km |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 17.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Arnold R. Klemola |
| Date of discovery | 7th September 1972 |
| Another name | 1972 RA |
| 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. | |
(2202) Pele is an asteroid of the Cupid type , which was discovered on September 7, 1972 by Arnold R. Klemola at the Lick Observatory ( IAU observatory code 662) on Mount Hamilton .
The asteroid was named after Pele , the Polynesian goddess of fire, who, according to Hawaiian belief, resides in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater of Kīlauea .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pele: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2202) Pele in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2202) Pele in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).