(316201) Malala
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Asteroid (316201) Malala |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0970 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2106 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4447 AU - 3.7492 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.7479 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 0.5926 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 77.2251 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 2nd January 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 5.45 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 16.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | WISE |
| Date of discovery | June 23, 2010 |
| Another name | 2010 ML 48 , 2007 EJ 98 |
| 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. | |
(316201) Malala is a major outer belt asteroid discovered by the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer ( IAU code C51) on June 23, 2010, an unmanned space telescope owned by NASA that began operations in January 2010. The asteroid had previously been sighted on March 11th and 15th, 2007 under the provisional name 2007 EJ 98 at the Steward Observatory's remote station on Kitt Peak .
(316201) Malala was named on February 3, 2015 after the Pakistani child rights activist Malala Yousafzai (* 1997). In 2014 Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi received the Nobel Peace Prize “for their fight against the oppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. The nomination came from Amy Mainzer , who is the Principal Investigator of the NEOWISE project.
See also
Web links
- (316201) Malala in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (316201) Malala in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (316201) Malala according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (316201) Malala at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ↑ The asteroid of the outer main belt (234750) is named Amymainzer after Amy Mainzer .
- ^ Asteroid Named for Nobel Prize Winner Joins Historic Lineup . Article with infrared image of the asteroid from April 15, 2015 on jpl.nasa.gov (English)