(2473) Heyerdahl
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Asteroid (2473) Heyerdahl |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Matterania family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2416 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1348 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9395 AU - 2.5438 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.1873 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 128.7054 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 230.9811 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.36 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | September 12, 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 RX 7 , 1937 WG, 1957 WF, 1967 RW, 1967 UD, 1976 JL 2 |
| 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. | |
(2473) Heyerdahl is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 12, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095).
The asteroid was named after the Norwegian archaeologist , anthropologist , ethnologist and environmental activist Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), who established experimental archeology through his research and made it known to a wide public.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Heyerdahl: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2473) Heyerdahl in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2473) Heyerdahl in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).