(35165) Quebec
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Asteroid (35165) Quebec |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1536 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0227 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.0821 AU - 3.2252 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 21.0800 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 332.2839 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 327.0897 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.60 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | August 16, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 QF 1 , 1999 RW 206 |
| 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. | |
(35165) Québec is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on August 16, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Schmidt telescope of the French Observatoire de Calern near Grasse ( IAU code 010).
The orbit of the asteroid around the sun is steeply inclined at more than 21 ° compared to the ecliptic of the solar system .
(35165) Québec was named after the Canadian city of Québec on June 13, 2006 .
Web links
- (35165) Québec in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (35165) Québec in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (35165) Québec according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)