(2596) Vainu Bappu
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Asteroid (2596) Vainu Bappu |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0308 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0722 ± 0.0005 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8121 ± 0.0015 AU - 3.2495 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.2505 ± 0.0485 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 138.8634 ± 0.2891 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 251.6322 ± 0.4198 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | February 14, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 5.28 a ± 0.1775 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 10.571 ± 0.121 km |
| Albedo | 0.109 ± 0.011 |
| Rotation period | 16.45 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Richard Martin West
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| Date of discovery | May 19, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 CN |
| 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. | |
(2596) Vainu Bappu ( 1979 KN ) is an approximately eleven kilometers large asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on May 19, 1979 by the Danish astronomer Richard Martin West at the La Silla Observatory on La Silla in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU- Code 809) was discovered.
designation
(2596) Vainu Bappu was named after the Indian astronomer MK Vainu Bappu (1927–1982), who was a friend of the explorer Richard Martin West. During his education at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology , he founded the first modern observatory in India in the 1950s, Nainital ( Nainital ). In 1960 he was appointed director of the Kodaikanal Observatory , and subsequently founded and headed an astrophysics institute in Bengaluru . He was Vice President from 1967 to 1973 and President of the International Astronomical Union from 1979 to 1982 and Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics .
See also
Web links
- (2596) Vainu Bappu in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2596) Vainu Bappu in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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 24, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 KN. Discovered 1979 May 19 by RM West at La Silla. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2595) Gudiachvili | numbering | (2597) Arthur |