(2339) Anacreon
Asteroid (2339) Anacreon |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5254 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1982 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0249 AU - 3.0259 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8545 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 11.8202 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 341.1902 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.014 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.74 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 8.25 km |
Albedo | 0.194 |
Rotation period | 24 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.49 likes |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2509 PL , 1948 TH 1 , 1952 UH 1 , 1972 RK 3 , 1976 QQ 1 |
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. |
(2339) Anacreon is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the historical Greek lyric poet Anakreon .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Anacreon: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2339) Anacreon in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2339) Anacreon in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).