(6522) Aci
Asteroid (6522) Aci |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3846 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1993 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9092 AU - 2.8600 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 22.1193 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.68 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.28 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eleanor Helin |
Date of discovery | July 9, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 NQ, 1990 BH 4 |
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. |
(6522) Aci is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from July 9, 1991 astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 675).
The asteroid was named after the ancient Akis river , located southeast of the Etna volcano , whose position cannot be precisely determined today due to various volcanic eruptions.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Aci: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Aci in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6522) Aci in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).