(3426) Seki
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Asteroid (3426) Seki |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6186 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0968 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3650 AU - 2.8723 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.1537 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 5.5774 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 260.5525 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.40 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | February 5, 1932 |
| Another name | 1932 CQ , 1976 SW 1 |
| 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. | |
(3426) Seki is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on February 5, 1932 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024) near Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Seki (* 1930), who used visual methods to track down six comets between 1961 and 1970 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Seki: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3426) Seki in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3426) Seki in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).