(2399) Terradas
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Asteroid (2399) Terradas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2397 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1693 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8606 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.6189 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.1289 ± 0.0371 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 146.205 ± 0.3976 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 159.8063 ± 0.4143 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 23rd August 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.35 a ± 0.0482 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.274 ± 0.238 km |
| Albedo | 0.333 ± 0.070 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Carlos Ulrrico Cesco
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| Date of discovery | 17th June 1971 |
| Another name | 1971 MA ; 1968 TD; 1973 AX 2 ; 1978 QS 1 ; 1978 SV 3 ; 1981 JC 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. | |
(2399) Terradas ( 1971 MA ; 1968 TD ; 1973 AX 2 ; 1978 QS 1 ; 1978 SV 3 ; 1981 JC 1 ) is an asteroid about five kilometers in size of the main inner belt that was discovered on June 17, 1971 by the Argentine astronomer Carlos Ulrrico Cesco was discovered at Yale-Columbia Southern Station at the Felix Aguilar Observatory ( IAU code 077).
designation
(2399) Terradas was named after the Spanish mathematician Esteban Terradas e Illa (1883–1950). He was a professor at the University of Zaragoza , the University of Barcelona , the Complutense University of Madrid and the Astronomical School of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata .
See also
Web links
- (2399) Terradas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2399) Terradas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 6, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1971 MA. Discovered 1971 June 17 by CU Cesco at El Leoncito. "