(2875) Lagerkvist
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Asteroid (2875) Lagerkvist |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Gefion family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7962 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1033 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5073 AU - 3.0852 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.0477 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.68 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.80 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | February 11, 1983 |
| Another name | 1983 CL, 1955 EF, 1966 QQ, 1969 BG, 1981 UJ |
| 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. | |
(2875) Lagerkvist is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 February 1983 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist , who works as a professor of astronomy at Uppsala University and was director of the Kvistaberg observatory from 1999 to 2007 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Lagerkvist: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2875) Lagerkvist in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2875) Lagerkvist in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).