(3512) Eriepa
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Asteroid (3512) Eriepa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2488 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2481 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6908 AU - 2.8067 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4894 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 112.8539 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.6236 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.86 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.354 ± 1.189 km |
| Albedo | 0.174 ± 0.089 |
| Rotation period | 6.784 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Joe Wagner |
| Date of discovery | January 8, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 AC 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. | |
(3512) Eriepa is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 8, 1984 of the American US astronomer Joe Wagner at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688), a branch of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff , was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the city of Erie in the US state of Pennsylvania , the hometown of the discoverer.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Eriepa: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3512) Eriepa in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3512) Eriepa in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).