(2844) Hess

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Asteroid
(2844) Hess
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2213 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1709 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8417 ± 0.0006 AU - 2.6009 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.955 ± 0.0339 °
Length of the ascending node 127.7213 ± 0.8042 °
Argument of the periapsis 151.2297 ± 0.8188 °
Time of passage of the perihelion February 13, 2018
Sidereal period 3.31 a ± 0.0508 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.260 ± 0.076 km
Albedo 0.197 ± 0.043
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery May 3, 1981
Another name 1981 JP ; 1952 UY; 1968 MA; 1975 VZ 1 ; 1978 NS 1
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(2844) Hess ( 1981 JP ; 1952 UY ; 1968 MA ; 1975 VZ 1 ; 1978 NS 1 ) is an approximately 14 km large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on May 3, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell on the Lowell- Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).

designation

(2844) Hess was named after Frederick Hess , who was a professor of science at the State University of New York and a lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City .

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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 pages, link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 18, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 JP. Discovered 1981 May 3 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2843) Yeti numbering (2845) Franklinken