(2791) Paradise

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Asteroid
(2791) Paradise
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.396 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1724 ± 0.0007
Perihelion - aphelion 1.983 ± 0.0017 AU - 2.8091 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 31.0839 ± 0.0824 °
Length of the ascending node 336.0611 ± 0.0846 °
Argument of the periapsis 165.8355 ± 0.1831 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 20th December 2017
Sidereal period 3.71 a ± 0.0757 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 8.384 ± 0.196 km
Albedo 0.247 ± 0.049
Rotation period 9.81 h
Absolute brightness 12.3 mag
Spectral class Tholen: SU
SMASSII: Sa
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Scolded John Bus
Date of discovery February 13, 1977
Another name 1977 CA
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(2791) Paradise ( 1977 CA ) is an approximately eight kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered on February 13, 1977 by the American astronomer Schelte John Bus at the Palomar Observatory northeast of San Diego , California ( IAU code 675) has been.

designation

(2791) Paradise was named after the American city of Paradise in Butte County in California . Located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, this old mining town is home to Schelte and Alice Bus, parents of explorer Schelte John Bus.

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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 September 15, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 CA. Discovered 1977 Feb. 13 by SJ Bus at Palomar. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2790) Needham numbering (2792) Ponomarev