(24643) MacCready
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Asteroid (24643) MacCready |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3224 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2946 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6383 AU - 3.0065 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.3062 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.54 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.54 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 4.5070 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. Shoemaker E. Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | September 28, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 SS, 1998 OA 7 |
| 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. | |
(24643) MacCready is the orbit of Mars grazing asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 September 1984 by the astronomer Carolyn Jean Spellman Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code in 675) California was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American physicist , engineer and glider pilot Paul MacCready (1933–2007), who won the first Kremer Prize as a pioneer of flying with muscle power with the Gossamer Condor he designed .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid MacCready: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24643) MacCready in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (24643) MacCready in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).