(6923) Borzacchini

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Asteroid
(6923) Borzacchini
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 2.9922  AU
eccentricity 0.0765
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7631 AU - 3.2212 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.5385 °
Length of the ascending node 195.1339 °
Argument of the periapsis 148.6146 °
Sidereal period 5.18 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.22 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.8 mag
history
Explorer Antonio Vagnozzi
Date of discovery September 16, 1993
Another name 1993 SD , 1983 UB 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.

(6923) Borzacchini is an asteroid of the main belt , of September 16, 1993 by the Italian astronomers Antonio Vagnozzi the Santa Lucia Stroncone Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 589).

The asteroid belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids, which typically have large semiaxes from 2.95 to 3.1 AU , bounded inward by the Kirkwood gap of the 7: 3 resonance with Jupiter , and orbital inclinations between 8 ° and 12 °. The group is named after the asteroid (221) Eos . The family is believed to have emerged from a collision more than a billion years ago.

(6923) Borzacchini was named after Baconin Borzacchini (1898–1933), an Italian racing driver.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (6923) Borzacchini in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
  2. ↑ David Vokrouhlický , Miroslav Brož , Alessandro Morbidelli , William Bottke , David Nesvorný , Daniel Lazzaro, Andy Rivkin: Yarkovsky footprints in the Eos family ( PDF , English)

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