(260508) Alagna
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Asteroid (260508) Alagna |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3613 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2350 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8064 AU - 2.9161 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8919 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 172.8817 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 329.7370 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.63 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 17.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jean-Claude Merlin |
| Date of discovery | March 3, 2005 |
| Another name | 2005 EU 51 |
| 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. | |
(260508) Alagna is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on March 3, 2005 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope of the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926 ) has been discovered. The telescope was able to head for Merlin from France when it was discovered.
The asteroid was named on April 25, 2013 after Roberto Alagna , a French opera singer ( tenor ) of Sicilian origin.
Web links
- (260508) Alagna in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (260508) Alagna in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (260508) Alagna according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)