(1745) Ferguson
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Asteroid (1745) Ferguson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8493 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0534 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6973 AU - 3.0013 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.259 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,810 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.65 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | John E. Willis |
| Date of discovery | September 17, 1945 |
| Another name | 1945 SY 1 , 1951 WN 1 , 1954 LA |
| 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. | |
(1745) Ferguson is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from the September 17, 1945 Astronomers John E. Willis was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the Scottish-American astronomer James Ferguson (1797–1867).