(46610) Bésixdouze
Asteroid (46610) Bésixdouze |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2696 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1813 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8581 AU - 2.6812 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4053 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 172.1347 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 211.8865 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.42 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.76 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 2.064 ± 0.499 km |
Albedo | 0.262 |
Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
K. Endate, K. Watanabe |
Date of discovery | October 15, 1993 |
Another name | 1993 TQ 1 , 1986 RU 7 , 2000 VV 32 |
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. |
(46610) Bésixdouze is an asteroid from the main asteroid belt .
He was discovered on October 15, 1993 by Kin Endate and Kazurō Watanabe in Kitami . In 2002 he was officially named Bésixdouze.
The name alludes to the story The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry . The main character of this story lives on an asteroid called B612. Be-six-twelve is Bé-six-douze in French. It is also no coincidence that the asteroid with the number 46610 was given this name: B612 corresponds to the hexadecimal notation of the decimal number 46610.
Bésixdouze is on average 2.27 AU ( Earth orbit radii ) away from the Sun. Its orbital eccentricity is 0.18.