(2874) Jim Young

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Asteroid
(2874) Jim Young
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2445 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1337 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9443 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.5446 ± 0.00001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.893 ± 0.0463 °
Length of the ascending node 79.178 ± 0.5002 °
Argument of the periapsis 322.7877 ± 0.5287 °
Time of passage of the perihelion December 8, 2019
Sidereal period 3.36 a ± 0.0645 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.552 ± 0.099 km
Albedo 0.251 ± 0.030
Rotation period ≈131.3 ± 39.39 h
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery October 13, 1982
Another name 1982 TH ; 1962 WE; 1965 SD; 1972 TD 2 ; 1972 XF
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(2874) Jim Young ( 1982 TH ; 1962 WE ; 1965 SD ; 1972 TD 2 ; 1972 XF ) is an approximately seven kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on October 13, 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell on the Lowell- Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688) ( IAU code 801).

designation

(2874) Jim Young was named after the astronomer James W. Young who worked at the Table Mountain Observatory (IAU code 654) of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory . The naming was suggested by AW Harris .

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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 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 20, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 TH. Discovered 1982 Oct. 13 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2873) Binzel numbering (2875) Lagerkvist