(1994) Shane
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Asteroid (1994) Shane |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Adeona family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6797 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2081 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1219 AU - 3.2374 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.2058 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 245.0189 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 88.7462 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | January 8, 2014 |
| Sidereal period | 4.39 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.19 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 25.15 km |
| Albedo | 0.064 |
| Rotation period | 8.22 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | 4th October 1961 |
| Another name | 1961 TE; 1939 RN |
| 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. | |
(1994) Shane ( 1961 TE ; 1939 RN ) is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on October 4, 1961 in the Goethe Link Observatory .
designation
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer CD Shane (1895–1983). Shane was, among other things, the head of the Lick Observatory and the second president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Shane: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1994) Shane in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1994) Shane in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).