(2411) Zellner

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Asteroid
(2411) Zellner
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2255 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0864 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0333 ± 0.0006 AU - 2.4178 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.616 ± 0.0326 °
Length of the ascending node 130.9962 ± 0.0001 °
Argument of the periapsis 129.8004 ± 0.0001 °
Time of passage of the perihelion March 21, 2018
Sidereal period 3.32 a ± 0.0481 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 8.050 ± 0.080 km
Albedo 0.217 ± 0.034
Rotation period 2.975 h
Absolute brightness 12.75 mag
Spectral class S.
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery May 3, 1981
Another name 1981 JK ; 1952 UP 1 ; 1961 GB; 1961 JE; 1964 CF; 1972 TF 8 ; 1974 EN
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(2411) Zellner ( 1981 JK ; 1952 UP 1 ; 1961 GB ; 1961 JE ; 1964 CF ; 1972 TF 8 ; 1974 EN ) is an approximately eight kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on May 3, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell was discovered at Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).

designation

(2411) Zellner was named after the American Benjamin H. Zellner , who is an astronomer at the University of Arizona in Tucson .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 10, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 JK. Discovered 1981 May 3 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "