(2918) Salazar
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Asteroid (2918) Salazar |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1732 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1520 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6909 ± 0.0001 AU - 3.6554 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0935 ± 0.0449 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 135.6037 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 165.4938 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 8, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.65 a ± 0.2005 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.156 ± 0.267 km |
| Albedo | 0.076 ± 0.015 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Carolyn Shoemaker
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| Date of discovery | October 9, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 TU 4 ; 1952 WA; 1968 OW; 1974 QQ 3 ; 1978 GX |
| 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. | |
(2918) Salazar ( 1980 TU 4 ; 1952 WA ; 1968 OW ; 1974 QQ 3 ; 1978 GX ) is an approximately 20 km large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on October 9, 1980 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar- Observatory about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego , California ( IAU code 675) was discovered. It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2918) Salazar was named after Frederick Salazar , son-in-law of the explorer Carolyn Shoemaker.
See also
Web links
- (2918) Salazar in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2918) Salazar in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 TU4. Discovered 1980 Oct. 9 by CS Shoemaker at Palomar. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2917) Sawyer Hogg | numbering | (2919) Dali |