(100604) Lundy
Asteroid (100604) Lundy |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5817 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1165 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2810 AU - 2.8824 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.3749 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 17.2364 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 14.0552 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.15 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Thierry Pauwels |
Date of discovery | September 11, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 RY 9 , 2001 RL 111 |
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. |
(100604) Lundy is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered by the Belgian astronomer Thierry Pauwels on September 11, 1997 at the Royal Observatory of Belgium ( IAU code 012) in Uccle .
According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), a spectroscopic study by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel at (100604) Lundy assumed a bright surface, so it could, roughly speaking, be trade an S asteroid .
The asteroid was named after Lundy , an island in the Bristol Channel in Great Britain . It was named on November 28, 2010.
Web links
- (100604) Lundy in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (100604) Lundy in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (100604) Lundy according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia, Richard P. Binzel: Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog . (English)
- ↑ subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)