(2636) Lassell
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Asteroid (2636) Lassell |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0036 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0761 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7751 AU - 3.2321 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.4721 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.21 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.17 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 14 km |
| Rotation period | 5.012 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | February 21, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 DZ, 1956 EO, 1972 FK, 1974 VP 1 , 1975 XO 5 |
| 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. | |
(2636) Lassell is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 February 1982 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 the British amateur astronomer William Lassell (1799-1880), who discovered the Neptune moon Triton in 1846 , the Saturn moon Hyperion in 1848 and in 1851 the Uranus moons Ariel and Umbriel with self-constructed telescopes from his observatory near Liverpool .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lassell: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2636) Lassell in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2636) Lassell in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).