(327082) Tournesol
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Asteroid (327082) tournesol |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9998 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0437 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8687 AU - 3.1309 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.1430 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 66.3313 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.4045 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | September 9, 2014 |
| Sidereal period | 5.20 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 16.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Michel Ory |
| Date of discovery | November 10, 2004 |
| Another name | 2004 VT 65 |
| 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. | |
(327082) Tournesol is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered by the Swiss physics teacher and amateur astronomer Michel Ory on November 10, 2004 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope at the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926) has been. Michel Ory was able to control the telescope from Switzerland.
The asteroid was named on July 22, 2013 after Professor Bienlein , a character from the comic series Tintin , who is called Tryphon Tournesol in the original French . Professor Bienlein is the archetype of the absent-minded, brilliant scientist. Tournesol is the French word for sunflower .
Web links
- (327082) Tournesol in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (327082) Tournesol in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (327082) Tournesol according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)