(55082) Xlendi

Asteroid (55082) Xlendi
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.3277 AU
eccentricity	0.0691
Perihelion - aphelion	2.1669 AU - 2.4885 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	4.5552 °
Length of the ascending node	335.1810 °
Argument of the periapsis	105.8498 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	4th May 2020
Sidereal period	3.55 a
Mean orbital velocity	19.50 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	15.4 mag
history
Explorer	Jana Tichá , Miloš Tichý
Date of discovery	August 25, 2001
Another name	2001 QJ ₁₁₀ , 1998 XO ₆₉
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(55082) Xlendi is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on August 25, 2001 by the Czech astronomer couple Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý at the Kleť observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov . The asteroid had previously been sighted in December 1998 under the provisional designation 1998 XO ₆₉ at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico .

(55082) Xlendi is named after the Maltese town of Xlendi , which Jana Tichá and Miloš Tichý visited in October 2002. The name was given by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on March 6, 2004. Other asteroids whose names have a reference to Malta are (2541) Edebono (named after Edward de Bono ), (56329) Tarxien (named after the temples from Tarxien ) and (56422) Mnajdra (named after the temple complex Mnajdra ).

Web links

(55082) Xlendi in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(55082) Xlendi in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)