(5879) Almeria
Asteroid (5879) Almeria |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Near-Earth asteroid, Cupid-type |
Major semi-axis | 1.625 AU |
eccentricity | 0.289 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.155 AU - 2.095 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 21.6 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 145.9 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 355.7 ° |
Sidereal period | 756 d |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 1.1 to 2.2 km |
Absolute brightness | 17.4 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Kurt Birkle and Ulrich Hopp |
Date of discovery | February 8, 1992 |
Another name | 1992 CH 1 |
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. |
(5879) Almeria is an asteroid from Amor type , a group of asteroids that the orbit can come very close. Almeria was discovered on February 8, 1992 by astronomers Kurt Birkle and Ulrich Hopp in the Calar Alto Observatory . The asteroid was named Almeria in 1999 after the eponymous city of the province in which the observatory is located . The German astronomers thanked the Spaniards for their hospitality towards them in the observatory.
Individual evidence
- ↑ (5879) Almeria in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- ↑ Issues 33817-34384, International Astronomical Union, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, University of Michigan, 1999, p. 1999 online