(5879) Almeria

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Asteroid
(5879) Almeria
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

  1. (5879) Almeria in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).Template: JPL Small-Body Database Browser / Maintenance / Alt
  2. Issues 33817-34384, International Astronomical Union, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, University of Michigan, 1999, p. 1999 online