(2452) Lyot
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Asteroid (2452) Lyot |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1650 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1165 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7964 AU - 3.5335 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.7831 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.63 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.76 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | March 30, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 FE, 1953 EP, 1964 FD, 1970 GM, 1975 FR |
| 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. | |
(2452) Lyot is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 March 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the French astronomer Bernard Ferdinand Lyot , the developer of the coronograph .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lyot: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2452) Lyot in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2452) Lyot in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).