(2110) Moore-Sitterly
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Asteroid (2110) Moore-Sitterly |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.198 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.807 AU - 2.589 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.1 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.26 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 6 km |
| Rotation period | 3.345 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | September 7, 1962 |
| Another name | 1962 RD, 1955 MA, 1975 RK |
| 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. | |
(2110) Moore Sitterly is an asteroid of the main belt , which at 7. September 1962 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American astronomer Charlotte Moore Sitterly .
The asteroid forms an asteroid pair together with the asteroid (44612) 1999 RP 27 .
Sources and web links
- (2110) Moore-Sitterly: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2110) Moore-Sitterly in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2110) Moore-Sitterly in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).