(2554) Skiff
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Asteroid (2554) Skiff |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Levin family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2635 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1455 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9342 AU - 2.5929 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8617 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 296.4299 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 333.8878 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 25.6 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | 17th July 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 OB , 1931 AB, 1970 RE, 1976 GK 8 , 1976 HV |
| 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. | |
(2554) Skiff is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 July 1980 by the US American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid belongs to the Levin family, a group of asteroids named after (2076) Levin .
(2554) Skiff was named after the American astronomer Brian A. Skiff . The employee on the LONEOS project found the missing asteroid (69230) Hermes in 2003 and also discovered several comets and asteroids.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Skiff: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2554) Skiff in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2554) Skiff in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (2554) Skiff in the AstDyS-2 database (English)