(2927) Alamosa
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Asteroid (2927) Alamosa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5323 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1684 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1059 AU - 2.9586 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.0074 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.03 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.72 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Norman G. Thomas |
| Date of discovery | 5th October 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 TM, 1936 OA, 1975 TN 2 |
| 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. | |
(2927) Alamosa is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US on 5 October 1981 by the astronomer Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory ( IAU code in 688) Flagstaff was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the birthplace of the explorer, the small town of Alamosa in Alamosa County in the US state of Colorado , named.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Alamosa: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2927) Alamosa in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2927) Alamosa in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).