(18024) Dobson
Asteroid (18024) Dobson |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1827 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0674 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9681 AU - 3.3972 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.5540 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 182.5750 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 42.1438 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.68 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.70 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | James M. Roe |
Date of discovery | May 20, 1999 |
Another name | 1999 KK 4 , 1995 UD 27 |
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. |
(18024) Dobson is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 20 May 1999 by the American US Amateur astronomers James M. Roe on Oaxaca Observatory ( IAU code 732) in Oaxaca City in Mexico was discovered.
The asteroid was named on November 1, 2001 after the American amateur astronomer John Dobson (1915-2014), who had a significant influence on the spread of inexpensive amateur telescopes with the concept of the so-called Dobsonian telescope .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dobsonian: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (18024) Dobson in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (18024) Dobson in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).