12557 Caracol
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Name | |
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Name | Caracol |
Designation | 1998 QQ54 |
Discovery | |
Discoverers | Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search |
Discovery date | August 27, 1998 |
Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station |
Orbital elements | |
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.0053596 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 3.1615694 AU |
Perihelion (q) | 3.1446247 AU |
Aphelion (Q) | 3.1785141 AU |
Orbital period (P) | 5.62 a |
Inclination (i) | 4.82327° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 228.33295° |
Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 192.88548° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 203.79037° |
12557 Caracol is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion 3.1341452 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.0053596 and an orbital period of 2053.3004866 days (5.62 years).[1]
Cagnoli has an average orbital speed of 16.76450401 km/s and an inclination of 4.82327°.
This asteroid is named after El Caracol at Chichén Itza in Yucatán, Mexico.[1]