(4579) Puccini

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Asteroid
(4579) Puccini
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Massalia family
Major semi-axis 2.3986  AU
eccentricity 0.1543
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0284 AU - 2.7688 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.2137 °
Sidereal period 3.71 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.22 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer Freimut Börngen
Date of discovery January 11, 1989
Another name 1989 AT 6 , 1978 EW 5 , 1979 QE 3 , 1986 KH
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.

(4579) Puccini is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 11, 1989 by the German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033) in Thuringia .

The timeless (non- osculating ) orbital elements of (4579) Puccini are almost identical to those of the smaller one, assuming the absolute brightness of 15.3 versus 14.3, asteroids (11000) 1978 VE 6 .

(4579) Puccini was by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), an Italian composer of the fin de siècle , named.

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Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)