(2834) Christy Carol

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Asteroid
(2834) Christy Carol
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.542 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1584 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1392 ± 0.001 AU - 2.9447 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.4344 ± 0.041 °
Length of the ascending node 208.5568 ± 0.3826 °
Argument of the periapsis 279.2436 ± 0.4063 °
Time of passage of the perihelion May 25, 2018
Sidereal period 4.05 a ± 0.0908 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.417 ± 0.102 km
Albedo 0.237 ± 0.041
Rotation period 12.79 h
Absolute brightness 11.8 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Scolded John Bus , Carolyn ShoemakerUnited StatesUnited States 
Date of discovery October 9, 1980
Another name 1980 TB 4 ; 1929 AL; 1950 LK; 1958 HG; 1964 UH; 1966 FD; 1972 TY
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.

(2834) Christy Carol ( 1980 TB 4 ; 1929 AL ; 1950 LK ; 1958 HG ; 1964 UH ; 1966 FD ; 1972 TY ) is an approximately eleven kilometer asteroid of the main central belt that was discovered on October 9, 1980 by the US Astronomers scolded John Bus and Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego , California ( IAU code 675) on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2834) Christy Carol was named after Christine Carol Woodard , the eldest daughter of the explorer Carolyn Shoemaker.

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 18, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 TB 4 . Discovered 1980 Oct. 9 by CS Shoemaker at Palomar. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2833) Radishchev numbering (2835) Ryoma