(27736) Ekaterinburg
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Asteroid (27736) Ekaterinburg |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1391 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3326 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0952 AU - 4.1830 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.3019 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.56 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 22, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 SA 6 , 1979 UH 4 , 1979 WC 5 , 1998 HL 67 |
| 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. | |
(27736) Ekaterinburg is an asteroid of the Main Belt . It was discovered on September 22, 1990 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid bears the name of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, which was founded in 1723 and named after the Empress Catherine I (1684–1727) .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ekaterinburg: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (27736) Ekaterinburg in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (27736) Ekaterinburg in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).