(2104) Toronto
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Asteroid (2104) Toronto |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1900 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1214 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8027 AU - 3.5773 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.3874 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 252.4569 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 291.6943 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.69 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.67 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 35.874 ± 0.503 km |
| Albedo | 0.104 ± 0.011 |
| Rotation period | 8.97 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.8 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Karl W. Kamper |
| Date of discovery | 15th August 1963 |
| Another name | 1963 PD , 1955 HW |
| 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. | |
(2104) Toronto is an asteroid of the main belt, which was discovered on August 15, 1963 by Karl Walter Kamper on photographic plates made by Sidney van den Bergh at the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg ( IAU code 033).
It was named in honor of the University of Toronto , which made an important contribution to the development of astronomy in Canada .
See also
Individual evidence
Web links
- (2104) Toronto in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2104) Toronto in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (2104) Toronto according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)