(7866) Sicoli
Asteroid (7866) Sicoli |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Hertha family |
Major semi-axis | 2.4287 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2083 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9226 AU - 2.9347 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4835 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.78 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.11 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | October 13, 1982 |
Another name | 1982 TK, 1954 CT, 1959 OD |
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. |
(7866) Sicoli is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 October 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Italian amateur astronomer Piero Sicoli (* 1954).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sicoli: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Sicoli in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7866) Sicoli in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).