(2528) Mohler

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Asteroid
(2528) Mohler
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1518 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.172 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6096 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.6939 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.5117 ± 0.046 °
Length of the ascending node 162.8033 ± 0.0004 °
Argument of the periapsis 181.6561 ± 0.0004 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 27, 2020
Sidereal period 5.6 a ± 0.1713 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 19.443 ± 0.121 km
Albedo 0.057 ± 0.005
Rotation period 6.49130 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer United States 48United States Indiana Asteroid Program
Date of discovery October 8, 1953
Another name 1953 TF 1 ; 1933 BQ; 1936 SK; 1942 VJ; 1961 CP; 1970 SL 1 ; 1970 WE 1 ; 1975 RQ
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.

(2528) Mohler ( 1953 TF 1 ; 1933 BQ ; 1936 SK ; 1942 VJ ; 1961 CP ; 1970 SL 1 ; 1970 WE 1 ; 1975 RQ ) is an approximately 19 kilometer asteroid of the outer main belt , which appeared on October 8, 1953 in Was discovered as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

designation

(2528) Mohler was named after the solar astronomer Orren C. Mohler (1908–1985). From 1962 to 1979 he was director of the McMath-Hulbert Observatory , a solar telescope ; Chairman of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Michigan from 1962 to 1970 and board member of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy from 1962 to 1974. The name was proposed by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson .

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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 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1953 TF 1 . Discovered 1953 Oct. 8 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2527) Gregory numbering (2529) Rockwell Kent