(24101) Cassini
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Asteroid (24101) Cassini |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6449 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3089 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8278 AU - 3.4620 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.4743 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 176.5761 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 255.8125 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.30 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.051 (± 0.352) km |
| Albedo | 0.246 (± 0.053) |
| Rotation period | 3.986 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Charles W. Juels |
| Date of discovery | November 9, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 VA 9 , 1926 XH, 1926 YB, 1986 RS 16 , 1986 TM 15 |
| 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. | |
(24101) Cassini is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US on November 9, 1999 by amateur astronomer Charles W. Juel at Fountain Hills Observatory ( observatory code 678) in Fountain Hills in the state of Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on September 21, 2002 after the French astronomer and mathematician of Italian origin Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Cassini: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24101) Cassini in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (24101) Cassini in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).