(242492) Fantomas
Asteroid (242492) Fantomas |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5775 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1408 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2145 AU - 2.9405 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5208 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 119.8051 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 11.3968 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.14 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 17.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Michel Ory |
Date of discovery | November 10, 2004 |
Another name | 2004 VU 65 , 2006 GM 12 |
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. |
(242492) Fantomas is an asteroid of the central main belt discovered by the Swiss physics teacher and amateur astronomer Michel Ory on November 10, 2004 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope of the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926) has been. Michel Ory was able to control the telescope from Switzerland.
The asteroid is named after the fictional character Fantômas , the protagonist from the French crime novel series of the same name by the authors Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain . It was named on August 21, 2013.
Web links
- (242492) Fantomas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (242492) Fantomas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (242492) Fantomas according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)