(2482) Perkin
Asteroid (2482) Perkin |
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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 | Richard Eugene McCrosky , Cheng-yuan Shao , G. Schwartz , JH Bulger |
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 .
See also
Web links
- (2482) Perkin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2482) Perkin 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 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. "