(2529) Rockwell Kent
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Asteroid (2529) Rockwell Kent |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5338 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0941 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2953 AU - 2.7723 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.4120 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 207.0989 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 116.4179 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.03 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.71 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 7 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | NS Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | August 21, 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 QL 2 , 1953 TK 1 , 1969 TX 2 , 1973 TO |
| 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. | |
(2529) Rockwell Kent is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 21, 1977 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory ( observatory code 095) in Nautschnyj .
The asteroid was named after the American painter and graphic artist Rockwell Kent (1882–1971) who illustrated the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville with pen drawings.
See also
Web links
- (2529) Rockwell Kent: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (2529) Rockwell Kent in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2529) Rockwell Kent in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).