(1829) Dawson
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Asteroid (1829) Dawson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2507 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1206 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9792 AU - 2.5222 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.3346 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 293.4696 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.38 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.85 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
| Rotation period | 4.254 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | May 6, 1967 |
| Another name | 1967 JJ, 1929 BF, 1936 DN, 1966 BK, 1971 OA 1 |
| 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. | |
(1829) Dawson is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on May 6, 1967 by the Argentine astronomer Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and his American colleague Arnold R. Klemola at the El Leoncito Observatory ( IAU code 808) of the Felix Aguilar Observatory in Argentina has been discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Argentine astronomer Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson (1890-1960), who held a professorship at the University of San Juan from 1948 to 1955 and in 1958 became the first president of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dawson: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1829) Dawson in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1829) Dawson in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).