(64291) Anglee
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Asteroid (64291) Anglee |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7055 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0489 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5732 AU - 2.8378 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.7264 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 88.4955 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 37.2931 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.45 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | William Kwong Yu Yeung |
| Date of discovery | October 23, 2001 |
| Another name | 2001 UX 11 , 1999 LR 30 |
| 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. | |
(64291) Anglee is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on October 23, 2001 by the Canadian astronomer of Hong Kong origin William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Eagle Observatory near Benson , Arizona ( IAU code 333). There had already been unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid in June 1999 (1999 LR 30 ) at the Steward Observatory's outstation on Kitt Peak .
(64291) Anglee was named on June 7, 2009 after the American - Taiwanese film director Ang Lee .
Web links
- (64291) Anglee in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (64291) Anglee in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (64291) Anglee according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Observations from (64291) Anglee on minorplanetcenter.net (English)