(3810) Aoraki
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Asteroid (3810) Aoraki |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2496 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1086 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0053 AU - 2.4939 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.8248 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 243.8722 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 288.0940 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.86 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.629 ± 0.081 km |
| Albedo | 0.230 ± 0.037 |
| Rotation period | 29.8073 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Alan C. Gilmore Pamela Margaret Kilmartin |
| Date of discovery | February 20, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 DX , 1982 KC |
| 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. | |
(3810) Aoraki is an asteroid of the main belt , the February 20, 1985 by the New Zealand astronomer Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela Margaret Kilmartin at Mt John University Observatory ( Observatories Code 474) on the South Island of New Zealand was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Aoraki / Mount Cook , the highest mountain in New Zealand with 3724 m , which is also known under the abbreviated name Mount Cook and forms the center of the Mount Cook National Park .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Aoraki: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3810) Aoraki in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3810) Aoraki in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).