(8123) Canaletto

Asteroid (8123) Canaletto
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.2878 AU
eccentricity	0.1297
Perihelion - aphelion	1.9911 AU - 2.5845 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.7549 °
Length of the ascending node	177.4394 °
Argument of the periapsis	285.3711 °
Sidereal period	3.46 a
Mean orbital velocity	19.69 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.9 mag
history
Explorer	Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery	March 26, 1971
Another name	3138 T-1 , 1990 SB ₁₈ , 1990 VH ₁₀ , 1990 VV ₆ , 1990 WX ₁₅ , 1992 HL ₅
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(8123) Canaletto is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on March 26, 1971 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the First Trojan Survey of 1971, during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

The asteroid was named on April 2, 1999 after the Italian vedute and landscape painter Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697–1768), known as Canaletto , who mainly painted views of Venice and London . He should not be confused with his nephew Bernardo Bellotto , who used the same stage name.

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