(32944) Gussalli
Asteroid (32944) Gussalli |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.0755 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1783 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5272 AU - 3.6237 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.4806 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 28.8265 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 350.0288 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.39 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.97 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Piero Sicoli Francesco Manca |
Date of discovery | November 19, 1995 |
Another name | 1995 WC 3 , 2000 QG 30 |
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. |
(32944) Gussalli is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 19, 1995 by the Italian astronomers Piero Sicoli and Francesco Manca at the Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano ( observatory code 587) in the Lombard foothills about 40 kilometers north of Milan near the town of Sormano in the province of Como was discovered.
The asteroid was named on July 24, 2002 after the Italian engineer and inventor Luigi Gussalli (1855–1950).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gussalli: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (32944) Gussalli in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (32944) Gussalli in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).