(2775) Odishaw

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Asteroid
(2775) Odishaw
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.4208 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.187 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9681 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.8734 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.7324 ± 0.032 °
Length of the ascending node 102.1686 ± 0.0667 °
Argument of the periapsis 306.2030 ± 0.6772 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 27, 2018
Sidereal period 3.77 a ± 0.06 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.915 ± 0.154 km
Albedo 0.350 ± 0.022
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer United States 48United States Indiana Asteroid Program
Date of discovery October 14, 1953
Another name 1953 TX 2 ; 1981 CJ
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.

(2775) Odishaw ( 1953 TX 2 ; 1981 CJ ) is an approximately ten kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on October 14, 1953 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760 ) has been discovered. A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It belongs to the Hertha family , a group of asteroids named after (135) Hertha .

designation

(2775) Odishaw was named after the geophysicist Hugh Odishaw (1916-1984), who was the executive secretary of the US National Committee for the International Geophysical Year .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 13, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1953 TX 2 . Discovered 1953 Oct. 14 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2774) Tenojoki numbering (2776) Baikal