(1996) Adams
|
Asteroid (1996) Adams |
|
|---|---|
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Maria family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5587 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1390 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2030 AU - 2.9145 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.1384 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 1.1213 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 354.2776 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 16th September 2014 |
| Sidereal period | 4.09 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.62 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Rotation period | 3.311 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | October 16, 1961 |
| Another name | 1961 UA ; 1932 RM; 1961 TB 2 ; 1969 TW 2 ; 1971 BY 1 ; 1973 SJ 3 |
| 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. | |
(1996) Adams ( 1961 UA ; 1932 RM ; 1961 TB 2 , 1969 TW 2 , 1971 BY 1 ; 1973 SJ 3 ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16 October 1961 at Goethe Link Observatory as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program was discovered.
The asteroid was named after John Couch Adams , a British mathematician and astronomer who calculated the position of the planet Neptune in the 1840s .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Adams: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1996) Adams in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1996) Adams in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Page 162 (English)