(250840) Motorhead
Asteroid (250840) Motorhead |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Hygiea family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1016 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1289 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7019 AU - 3.5013 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.3724 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 238.6573 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 187.2268 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 5th November 2016 |
Sidereal period | 5.46 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 3.246 (± 0.917) km |
Albedo | 0.096 (± 0.062) |
Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Jean-Claude Merlin |
Date of discovery | October 30, 2005 |
Another name | 2005 UT 158 |
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. |
(250840) Motörhead is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on October 30, 2005 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope of the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926 ) has been discovered. The telescope was able to head for Merlin from France when it was discovered.
The asteroid belongs to the Hygiea family, a rather older group of asteroids, as is believed, the largest member of which is the asteroid (10) Hygiea .
(250840) Motörhead was named on March 16, 2014 after the British musical group Motörhead . An asteroid was named after Motörhead's singer and bassist Lemmy Kilmister on November 14, 2016: (243002) Lemmy .
Web links
- (250840) Motörhead in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (250840) Motörhead in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (250840) Motörhead according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (250840) Motörhead in the AstDyS-2 database (English)