(9384) Aransio

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Asteroid
(9384) Aransio
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1476  AU
eccentricity 0.1119
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7955 AU - 3.4997 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.3159 °
Length of the ascending node 121.7898 °
Argument of the periapsis 77.9601 °
Sidereal period 5.58 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.77 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery October 9, 1993
Another name 1993 TP 26 , 1977 XL 3 , 1983 YB 1
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.

(9384) Aransio is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9 October 1993 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(9384) Aransio was named on April 2, 1999 after the old name Arausio of the city ​​of Orange in the Vaucluse department . The name refers to a local Ligurian-Celtic water god.

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (9384) Aransio in the AstDyS-2 database (English)