(27425) Bakker
Asteroid (27425) Bakker |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Vesta family |
Major semi-axis | 2.3129 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1071 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0652 AU - 2.5606 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6785 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 303.7626 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 94.3323 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.52 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Catalina Sky Survey |
Date of discovery | March 1, 2000 |
Another name | 2000 EP 198 |
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. |
(27425) Bakker is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on March 1, 2000 during the Catalina Sky Survey .
The asteroid belongs to the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt. The timeless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (27425) Bakker are almost identical to those of 14 other asteroids, one of which (55,867) 1,997 RX 2 is the largest, if one of the absolute brightness emanates.
(27425) Bakker was named on October 8, 2014 after the American paleontologist Robert Bakker (* 1945), who was jointly responsible for a paradigm shift in dinosaur research in the 1960s .
See also
Web links
- (27425) Bakker in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (27425) Bakker in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (27425) Bakker according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)