(1880) McCrosky
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Asteroid (1880) McCrosky |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.26738 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0771 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4675 AU - 2.88 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.846 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,372 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.215 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.78 km |
| Albedo | 0.102 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11,906 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | January 13, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 AN, 1955 QS, 1977 TF |
| 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. | |
(1880) McCrosky is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 January 1940 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg State Observatory King chair of the University of Heidelberg was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American astronomer Richard Eugene McCrosky .