(22136) Jamesharrison
Asteroid (22136) Jamesharrison |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3230 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0865 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1220 AU - 2.5240 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8326 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 261.2115 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 227.0026 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.54 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 2.703 ± 0.719 km |
Albedo | 0.265 |
Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | WKY Yeung |
Date of discovery | November 1, 2000 |
Another name | 2000 VJ 3 , 1991 GP 11 , 1996 TR 58 , 1999 NX 22 |
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. |
(22136) James Harrison is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 1 November 2000 by the Canadian astronomers William Kwong Yu Yeung at Desert Beaver Observatory ( IAU code 919) in Arizona was discovered.
On November 25, 2015, the asteroid was named after the Australian blood donor James Christopher Harrison (* 1936), who donated blood and plasma over a thousand times, saving the lives of more than two million unborn children suffering from Rhesus incompatibility .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Jamesharrison: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22136) Jamesharrison in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (22136) Jamesharrison in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).