(3896) Pordenone
Asteroid (3896) Pordenone |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 3.0031 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0468 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8625 AU - 3.1436 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.6825 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.20 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.18 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 18 km |
Rotation period | 4.009 h |
Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Johann M. Baur |
Date of discovery | November 18, 1987 |
Another name | 1987 WB, 1950 TD 1 , 1951 YN 2 , 1979 FH |
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. |
(3896) Pordenone is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 18, 1987 by the German amateur astronomer Johann M. Baur at the observatory in Chions ( IAU code 567) in Friuli-Venezia Giulia .
The asteroid was named after the Italian painter Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (1483–1539), who was born not far from today's observatory.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pordenone: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3896) Pordenone in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3896) Pordenone in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).