(2815) Soma
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Asteroid (2815) Soma |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2329 ± 0.00001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1683 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8571 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.6088 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7054 ± 0.0436 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 119.8144 ± 0.402 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 237.7476 ± 0.4213 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 15, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 3.34 a ± 0.0638 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.641 ± 0.105 km |
| Albedo | 0.365 ± 0.083 |
| Rotation period | 2.73325 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | September 15, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 RL ; 1955 MH; 1970 AC; 1974 DL; 1979 XB 1 |
| 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. | |
(2815) Soma ( 1982 RL ; 1955 MH ; 1970 AC ; 1974 DL ; 1979 XB 1 ) is an approximately seven kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on September 15, 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).
designation
(2815) Soma was named after the Soma cube , a three-dimensional mathematical game invented by the Danish writer Piet Hein and popularized in articles by Martin Gardner , after whom the asteroid (2587) Gardner was named.
See also
Web links
- (2815) Soma in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2815) Soma in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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 15, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 RL. Discovered 1982 Sept. 15 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2814) Vieira | numbering | (2816) Pien |