(2686) Linda Susan
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Asteroid (2686) Linda Susan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0017 ± 0.000002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0544 ± 0.0005 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8384 ± 0.0015 AU - 3.1649 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.3287 ± 0.0577 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 225.6824 ± 0.3128 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 288.3729 ± 0.5796 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 7, 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 5.2 a ± 0.1747 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 16.358 ± 0.720 km |
| Albedo | 0.151 ± 0.021 |
| Rotation period | 8.7222 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Carolyn Shoemaker
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| Date of discovery | May 5th 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 JW 1 ; 1955 KN; 1972 QC; 1976 concentration camp; 1978 SF 6 ; 1978 TD 9 |
| 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. | |
(2686) Linda Susan ( 1981 JW 1 ; 1955 KN ; 1972 QC ; 1976 KZ ; 1978 SF 6 ; 1978 TD 9 ) is an approximately 10 miles large asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on May 5, 1981 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego , California ( IAU code 675). It belongs to the Eos family , a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .
designation
(2686) Linda Susan was named after Linda Susan Salazar , the youngest daughter of the explorer Carolyn Shoemaker.
See also
Web links
- (2686) Linda Susan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2686) Linda Susan in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
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 September 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 JW 1 . Discovered 1981 May 5 by CS Shoemaker at Palomar. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2685) Masursky | numbering | (2687) Tortali |