(28220) York
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Asteroid (28220) York |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5216 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0678 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3506 AU - 2.6927 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.2729 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.00 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý |
| Date of discovery | December 28, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 YN 12 , 2000 HF 50 |
| 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. | |
(28220) York is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on December 28, 1998 by the Czech astronomers Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kle Observ Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov in South Bohemia .
The asteroid was named on June 24, 2002 after the northern English city of York , the former royal seat of the county of Yorkshire .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid York: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (28220) York in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (28220) York in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).