(85411) Paul Flora
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Asteroid (85411) Paulflora |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6937 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0724 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2499 AU - 2.8887 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.3221 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 228.5376 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 136.0129 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 3rd July 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 4.42 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.13 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Erich Meyer , Erwin Obermair |
| Date of discovery | November 3, 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 VA 1 , 2000 RC 90 |
| 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. | |
(85411) Paulflora is an asteroid located in the central main belt . It was discovered on November 3, 1996 by the Austrian amateur astronomer Erich Meyer at the Davidschlag observatory ( IAU code 540). The observatory is located in the Davidschlag district of the Kirchschlag municipality near Linz , Upper Austria .
The asteroid was named on July 30, 2007 after the Austrian caricaturist , graphic artist and illustrator Paul Flora (1922–2009). The Mars crater Flora, on the other hand, was named after the city of Flora (Mississippi) in 1976 .
Web links
- (85411) Paulflora in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (85411) Paulflora 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 of (85411) Paulflora according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mars crater Flora in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS