2099 Öpik
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2099 Öpik is a Mars crosser
asteroid
, named after Estonia
n astronomer Ernst Julius Öpik
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Mars-crosser asteroid
A Mars-crosser is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. The known numbered Mars-crossers are listed here. They include the two numbered Mars trojans 5261 Eureka and ....
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
, named after Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n astronomer Ernst Julius Öpik
Ernst Öpik
Ernst Julius Öpik was a noted Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.-Education:...
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Orbital data
Epoch J2000.0- semimajor axis: 2.303 AU
- perihelion 1.470 AU
- aphelion 2.002 AU
- eccentricity: 0.362
- inclination of orbit: 26.957 degree
- longitude of the perihelion: 159.079 degree
- longitude of ascending node: 218.993 degree