(9021) Fagus
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Asteroid (9021) Fagus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5789 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1736 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1312 AU - 3.0267 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.2657 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 319.4741 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 0.8383 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.14 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 13 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | February 14, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 CT 5 , 1973 QK 1 , 1980 FB 10 |
| 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. | |
(9021) Fagus is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered on February 14, 1988 by Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The asteroid was named on April 2, 1999 after the beech family ( Fagaceae ), a plant family widespread in the northern hemisphere . The best-known representatives are beeches , chestnuts and oaks . The name Fagus itself actually refers to the beech genus .
See also
Web links
- (9021) Fagus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (9021) Fagus 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 (9021) Fagus according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)