19139 Apian
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | F. Borngen |
| Discovery site | Tautenburg |
| Discovery date | 6 April 1989 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 19139 |
Named after | Petrus Apianus |
| 1989 GJ8, 1999 XP18 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9715 days (26.60 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.7838253 AU (416.45434 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.3841428 AU (356.66269 Gm) |
| 2.583984 AU (386.5585 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0773384 |
| 4.15 yr (1517.2 d) | |
| 322.4751° | |
| 0° 14m 14.224s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.023395° |
| 48.22416° | |
| 336.86331° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.38948 AU (207.863 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.57612 AU (385.382 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.405 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.5 | |
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19139 Apian is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 6, 1989, by F. Borngen at the astronomical observatory of the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg, Germany.
Apian is named after the German humanist Peter Apian. The name applies as official international standard and is registered at the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
References
- ↑ "19139 Apian (1989 GJ8)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances (15000–20000), with naming info, from the IAU Minor Planet Center
- 19139 Apian at the JPL Small-Body Database
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