(53093) La Orotava
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Asteroid (53093) La Orotava |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1800 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1131 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9335 AU - 2.4265 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.2433 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 245.2341 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 154.2293 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.22 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.17 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý |
| Date of discovery | December 28, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 YO 12 , 2000 JU 60 |
| 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. | |
(53093) La Orotava is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on December 28, 1998 by the Czech astronomer couple Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid is named after La Orotava , a city on the Canary Island of Tenerife . Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý visited La Orotava in 2002. The name was given by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on March 6, 2004.
Web links
- (53093) La Orotava in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (53093) La Orotava in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)