(283142) Weena
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Asteroid (283142) Weena |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Hansa family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,638 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.042 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.527 AU - 2.748 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 21.3 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 253.4 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 169.3 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.28 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.33 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ≈ 2.5 km |
| Absolute brightness | 15.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Erwin Schwab and Rainer Kling |
| Date of discovery | December 29, 2008 |
| Another name | 2008 YV 29 |
| 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. | |
(283142) Weena is an asteroid of the main middle belt located between Mars and Jupiter .
It was discovered on December 29, 2008 by the German amateur astronomers Rainer Kling and Erwin Schwab from the Hans-Ludwig-Neumann-Observatory ( IAU-Code B01) from the Kleiner Feldberg im Taunus .
Weena belongs to the Hansa family , whose namesake (480) is Hansa .
The asteroid was named on December 17, 2013 after the character "Weena" from the novel The Time Machine by HG Wells , who was played in the 1960 film adaptation by Yvette Mimieux .
See also
Web links
- (283142) Weena in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (283142) Weena at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Asteroid Weena. In: Erwin Schwab's homepage . Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ JPL Small-Body Database: 283142 Weena. In: NASA . Retrieved July 26, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Minor Planet Circulars # 86284. (PDF) In: Minor Planet Center . December 17, 2013, accessed July 26, 2017 .