(2739) Taguacipa
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Asteroid (2739) Taguacipa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4569 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.129 ± 0.00004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.14 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.7738 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.1675 ± 0.0329 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 267.3485 ± 0.0002 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 36.4804 ± 0.0002 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 24, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 3.85 a ± 0.0703 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.004 ± 0.296 km |
| Albedo | 0.077 ± 0.010 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Joseph Brady
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| Date of discovery | 17th October 1952 |
| Another name | 1952 UZ 1 ; 1951 KJ; 1959 NH |
| 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. | |
(2739) Taguacipa ( 1952 UZ 1 ; 1951 KJ ; 1959 NH ) is an approximately eleven kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on October 17, 1952 by the American astronomer Joseph Brady at the Mount Wilson Observatory on Mount Wilson in discovered in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles in California in the United States ( IAU code 672).
designation
(2739) Taguacipa was named after Taguacipa , the great deceiver in Inca mythology . He is the evil doppelganger of the creator Wiraqucha , after whom the asteroid (2738) Viracocha is named.
See also
Web links
- (2739) Taguacipa in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2739) Taguacipa 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 on September 9, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1952 UZ 1 . Discovered 1952 Oct. 17 by JL Brady at Mount Wilson. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2738) Viracocha | numbering | (2740) Tsoj |