(2134) Dennispalm
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Asteroid (2134) Dennispalm |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2,636 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.257 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.959 AU - 3.312 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 31.367 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 11.606 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 120.265 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 5th October 2015 |
| Sidereal period | 4.28 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.007 (± 0.257) km |
| Albedo | 0.339 (± 0.037) |
| Rotation period | 4.1 h |
| Absolute brightness | approx. 13 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Charles Thomas Kowal |
| Date of discovery | December 24, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 YB |
| 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. | |
(2134) Dennispalm ( 1976 YB ) is an asteroid of the central main belt discovered on December 24, 1976 by Charles Thomas Kowal at the Palomar Observatory .
designation
The asteroid was named after C. Dennis Palm (1945–1974), a night assistant and active amateur astronomer at the Palomar Observatory .
Web links
- Asteroid Franceswright: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2134) Dennispalm in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 173 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 7, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of C. Dennis Palm ”