(196540) Weinbaum
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Asteroid (196540) vine tree |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7378 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2684 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0030 AU - 3.4725 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.4606 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 207.6212 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 152.1603 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.53 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 16.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Bernard Christophe |
| Date of discovery | July 31, 2003 |
| Another name | 2003 OW 30 |
| 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. | |
(196540) Weinbaum is an asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on July 31, 2003 by the French astronomer Bernard Christophe at the Saint-Sulpice Observatory ( IAU code 947) in Saint-Sulpice , Canton Noailles .
The asteroid's orbit around the Sun has a high eccentricity of 0.2684 .
(196540) Weinbaum was named by Bernard Christophe after the American science fiction author Stanley G. Weinbaum . Christophe is in the reasons for naming wine Baum's novel "The Black Flame" ( The Black Flame ) as his favorite novel wine tree. The naming of the asteroid was given general validity with publication by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on May 27, 2010. As early as 1973, a Mars crater was named after Stanley G. Weinbaum: Mars crater Weinbaum .
Web links
- (196540) Weinbaum in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (196540) Weinbaum in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (196540) Weinbaum according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Image by Bernard Christophe during the WETO 2012 conference (French)
- ^ The Martian crater Weinbaum in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS