(2482) Perkin

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Asteroid
(2482) Perkin
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.9281 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.065 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7377 ± 0.001 AU - 3.1184 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.1313 ± 0.0383 °
Length of the ascending node 103.0506 ± 0.7409 °
Argument of the periapsis 337.1545 ± 0.3231 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 21, 2019
Sidereal period 5.01 a ± 0.1335 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.310 ± 2.776 km
Albedo 0.124 ± 0.100
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Richard Eugene McCrosky , Cheng-yuan Shao , G. Schwartz , JH BulgerUnited StatesUnited States United StatesUnited States United StatesUnited States 
Date of discovery February 13, 1980
Another name 1980 CO ; 1953 VO 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.

(2482) Perkin ( 1980 CO ; 1953 VO 2 ) is an approximately eleven kilometers large asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on February 13, 1980 by the American astronomers Richard Eugene McCrosky , Cheng-yuan Shao , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger at Oak Ridge Observatory (then as Agassiz Station part of Harvard College Observatory ) ( IAU code 801). It belongs to the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

designation

(2482) Perkin was named after Richard (1906–1969) and Gladys Perkin (1907–2000). Richard Perkin was the founder of the PerkinElmer company , which built a number of advanced astronomical instruments, including the Hubble space telescope .

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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 14, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 CO. Discovered 1980 Feb. 13 at the Harvard College Observatory at Harvard. "