(2417) McVittie
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Asteroid (2417) McVittie |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1795 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2241 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.467 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.892 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1082 ± 0.0463 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 84.5509 ± 0.0973 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 19.5462 ± 0.001 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 18, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 5.67 a ± 0.1845 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 18.433 ± 0.120 km |
| Albedo | 0.099 ± 0.019 |
| Rotation period | 4.934 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | February 15, 1965 |
| Another name | 1964 CD ; 1929 CL 1 ; 1958 DN; 1976 GT 1 ; 1977 LE; 1978 NZ 6 ; 1981 AK |
| 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. | |
(2417) McVittie ( 1964 CD ; 1929 CL 1 ; 1958 DN ; 1976 GT 1 ; 1977 LE ; 1978 NZ 6 ; 1981 AK ) is an approximately 18 km large asteroid of the main outer belt that formed on February 15, 1965 within the Indiana Asteroid Programs at the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.
designation
(2417) McVittie was named after the British theoretical cosmologist George McVittie (1904–1988). He was born in the Ottoman Empire and spent his early career in the United Kingdom. From 1952 to 1972 he was in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Illinois . His own research was theoretical and included relativity and cosmology. From 1961 to 1970 he was secretary of the American Astronomical Society . After his formal retirement, he returned to the University of Kent .
See also
Web links
- (2417) McVittie in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2417) McVittie 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 10, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1964 CD. Discovered 1964 Feb. 15 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "