(15417) Babylon

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( 15417 ) Babylon is an asteroid of the outer main belt, which was discovered by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst on 27 February 1998 at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid it had previously announced on January 8, 1981 under the provisional designation 1981 AY2 the Japanese Kiso Observatory.

Mean distance from the sun ( semimajor axis), eccentricity and inclination of the orbital plane of ( 15417 ) Babylon correspond to the Hilda group, a family of asteroids, which move in an orbital resonance of 3:2 with the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Namesake of this group is the asteroid (153 ) Hilda.

( 15417 ) Babylon was named on 6 August 2003 to Babylon, capital of Babylonia as one of the most important cities of ancient times. 2013 sulci were also, these are furrows or channels, called on Jupiter's moon Ganymede to Babylon: Babylon sulci.

Orbital inclination Longitude of the ascending node Argument of periapsis Orbital speed Intrinsic brightness Minor planet designation (153) Hilda Ancient history Ganymede (moon) Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Pasadena, California Minor Planet Center International Astronomical Union Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge (Massachusetts)
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