(346886) Middelburg

Asteroid (346886) Middelburg
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	1.9053  AU
eccentricity	0.1024
Perihelion - aphelion	1.7101 AU - 2.1005 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	19.4617 °
Length of the ascending node	238.6686 °
Argument of the periapsis	106.3996 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	9th November 2017
Sidereal period	2.63 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	18.1 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	November 15, 1999
Another name	2009 MB , 2012 TS 31
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(346886) Middelburg is an asteroid of the main inner belt . It was discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst on November 15, 1999 at the Royal Observatory of Belgium ( IAU code 012) in Uccle .

The asteroid belongs to the Hungaria group . The 9: 2 orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter is characteristic of this group . The namesake for the Hungaria group is the asteroid (434) Hungaria . The solar orbit of (346886) Middelburg is steeply inclined at more than 19 ° to the ecliptic of the solar system , another characteristic of Hungaria asteroids.

(346886) Middelburg was named after the Dutch city ​​of Middelburg on January 12, 2017 .

See also

• List of asteroids

Web links

• (346886) Middelburg in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
• (346886) Middelburg in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
• Discovery Circumstances of (346886) Middelburg according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ (346886) Middelburg at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)