(2004) Lexell
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Asteroid (2004) Lexell |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1723 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0792 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2,0003 AU - 2.3443 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.4979 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 4.5562 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 58.1446 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.20 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.20 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 5.4429 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | 22nd September 1973 |
| Another name | 1973 SV 2 , 1938 WL, 1941 SN 1 , 1959 GC, 1972 HK |
| 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. | |
(2004) Lexell is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 22, 1973 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the Swedish-Russian astronomer and mathematician Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784), who was the first to calculate the orbit of the planet Uranus .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lexell: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2004) Lexell in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2004) Lexell in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).