(2605) Sahade

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Asteroid
(2605) Sahade
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0942 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.0771 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.8556 ± 0.0001 AU - 3.3328 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.4257 ± 0.0497 °
Length of the ascending node 171.8182 ± 0.2351 °
Argument of the periapsis 181.9416 ± 0.3449 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 15, 2018
Sidereal period 5.44 a ± 0.1696 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.802 ± 0.463 km
Albedo 0.105 ± 0.006
Absolute brightness 12.4 mag
history
Explorer ArgentinaArgentina Felix Aguilar Observatory
Date of discovery August 16, 1974
Another name 1974 QA ; 1979 NC
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.

(2605) Sahade ( 1974 QA ; 1979 NC ) is a about twelve kilometers in Asteroid of the outer main belt , which on 16 August 1974 at the Félix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito National Park in the province of San Juan in Argentina ( IAU code 808 ) has been discovered. It belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .

designation

(2605) Sahade was named after the Argentine astrophysicist Jorge Sahade named the 1985-1988 President of the International Astronomical Union , President of the Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba and President of La Plata Astronomical Observatory and first president of the Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio was .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1974 QA. Discovered 1974 Aug. 16 at the Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2604) Marshak numbering (2606) Odessa