(2528) Mohler
Asteroid (2528) Mohler |
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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 |
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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 .
See also
Web links
- (2528) Mohler in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2528) Mohler in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
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 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 |
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(2527) Gregory | numbering | (2529) Rockwell Kent |