(2542) Calpurnia
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Asteroid (2542) Calpurnia |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1312 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0736 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9007 AU - 3.3617 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.6207 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 145.7211 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 47.4104 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.54 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.82 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 27.61 ± 2.3 km |
| Albedo | 0.0639 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | February 11, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 CF , 1972 XN 2 , 1976 OE |
| 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. | |
(2542) Calpurnia is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 February 1980 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station (IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after Calpurnia , the last wife of the Roman politician and dictator Gaius Iulius Caesar .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Calpurnia: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2542) Calpurnia in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2542) Calpurnia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).