(2634) James Bradley
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Asteroid (2634) James Bradley |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.4631 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0526 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.2810 AU - 3.6453 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.3967 ° |
| Sidereal period | 6.44 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.02 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 34 km |
| Albedo | 0.0923 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | February 21, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 DL, 1931 FL, 1961 XH, 1963 FC, 1975 AO, 1976 GB 1 , 1977 KP, A905 CC |
| 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. | |
(2634) James Bradley is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 February 1982 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 was named after the English clergyman and astronomer James Bradley , who succeeded Edmond Halley as head of the Royal Greenwich Observatory between 1742 and 1761 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid James Bradley: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2634) James Bradley in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2634) James Bradley in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).