(14466) Hodge

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Asteroid
(14466) Hodge
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6153  AU
eccentricity 0.2010
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0896 AU - 3.1410 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 17.1887 °
Length of the ascending node 352.2685 °
Argument of the periapsis 317.3549 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 27, 2018
Sidereal period 4.23 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.42 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.353 (± 0.062) km
Albedo 0.147 (± 0.030)
Rotation period 10.1912 h
Absolute brightness 14.6 mag
history
Explorer Mark Hammergren
Date of discovery July 25, 1993
Another name 1993 OY 2 , 1996 FV
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.

(14466) Hodge is an asteroid of the main belt extending from the on 25 July 1993 American US astronomer Mark Hammergren on Manastash Ridge Observatory of the University of Washington ( IAU code 664) was discovered.

The celestial body was named on March 9, 2001 after the American astronomer Paul William Hodge (1934-2019), who was editor of the Astronomical Journal from 1984 to 2004 . His investigations of the Barnards Galaxy in 1977 resulted in the identification of 16 H-II regions , which are named after him as Hodge 1 to Hodge 16.

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