(9377) Metz
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Asteroid (9377) Metz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0129 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0455 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8757 AU - 3.1501 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.1851 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 332.8083 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 329.3676 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.23 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | August 15, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 PJ 7 , 1991 EL 5 |
| 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. | |
(9377) Metz is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 15, 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 010) north of Grasse .
The asteroid was named after the French city of Metz , the capital of the Moselle department and capital of the Lorraine region .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Metz: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Metz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9377) Metz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).