(41488) Sindbad

Asteroid (41488) Sindbad
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Main outer belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	3.9519  AU
eccentricity	0.1536
Perihelion - aphelion	3.3447 AU - 4.5590 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	9.6178 °
Length of the ascending node	148.5403 °
Argument of the periapsis	312.6961 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	June 25, 2018
Sidereal period	7.86 a
Mean orbital velocity	15.00 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	18.149 (± 0.210) km
Albedo	0.071 (± 0.005)
Absolute brightness	12.4 mag
history
Explorer	John Broughton
Date of discovery	August 29, 2000
Another name	2000 QE 71
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.

(41488) Sindbad is a major outer belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 2000 by Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton at the Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428). The observatory is located in the district of Reedy Creek the city of Gold Coast in Queensland .

The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 18.149 (± 0.210) km .

(41488) Sindbad was named on February 19, 2006 after Sindbad the seafarer from the collection of stories Arabian Nights . In 1982 an impact crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus was also named after Sindbad: Enceladus crater Sindbad .

See also

• List of asteroids

Web links

• (41488) Sindbad in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
• (41488) Sindbad in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
• Discovery Circumstances of (41488) Sindbad 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. ↑ The Enceladus crater Sindbad in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS