(2905) Plaskett
Asteroid (2905) Plaskett |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
family | Gefion family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8025 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0972 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5301 AU - 3.0749 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.8969 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 9.9896 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.78 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
Spectral class | S. |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | January 24, 1982 |
Another name | 1982 BZ 2 , 1973 FJ 2 , 1973 FP, 1978 GV 3 |
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. |
(2905) Plaskett is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 January 1982 by the US 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 Canadian astronomers John Stanley Plaskett (1865-1941) and Harry Hemley Plaskett (1893-1980), who both worked as father and son at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich (British Columbia) , Canada and were among the few Belonged to families in which more than one member was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society .
Web links
- Asteroid Plaskett: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2905) Plaskett in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2905) Plaskett in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).