(21811) Burroughs
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Asteroid (21811) Burroughs |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hygiea family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1771 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1092 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8301 AU - 3.5242 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.1331 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.66 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.72 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Roy Tucker |
| Date of discovery | October 5, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 TR 20 |
| 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. | |
(21811) Burroughs is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 October 1999 by the American US astronomer Roy Tucker on Goodricke-Pigott Observatory ( IAU code 683) in Tucson in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), who, in addition to numerous science fiction novels with Tarzan (original title: Tarzan of the Apes ), created the most famous jungle hero in literature.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Burroughs: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (21811) Burroughs in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (21811) Burroughs in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).