(9445) Charpentier
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Asteroid (9445) Charpentier |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3387 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1343 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0247 AU - 2.6527 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0771 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 194.6509 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 208.8928 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.58 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.47 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Paul G. Comba |
| Date of discovery | May 8, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 JA 8 , 1993 FN 44 |
| 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. | |
(9445) Charpentier is an asteroid of the main belt , which on May 8, 1997 by the American Italo- astronomer Paul G. Comba at Prescott Observatory ( IAU code in 684) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on February 2, 1999 after the French composer at the time of Louis XIV. Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704), who, in addition to numerous operas and pastorals , became known because the main theme from the prelude to his Te Deum is now fanfare is used for television broadcasts within the framework of Eurovision .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Charpentier: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Charpentier in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9445) Charpentier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).