(2929) Harris

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Asteroid
(2929) Harris
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Major semi-axis 3.1222 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.0678 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9105 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.3338 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.888 ± 0.0392 °
Length of the ascending node 142.7195 ± 0.1485 °
Argument of the periapsis 23.1506 ± 0.0032 °
Time of passage of the perihelion December 8, 2020
Sidereal period 5.52 a ± 0.1706 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 16.176 ± 0.212 km
Albedo 0.155 ± 0.024
Rotation period ≈ 3.13 ± 0.939 h
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: T
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery January 24, 1982
Another name 1982 BK 1 ; 1938 DH 1 ; 1965 AU
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(2929) Harris ( 1982 BK 1 ; 1938 DH 1 ; 1965 AU ) is an approximately 10 miles large asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on January 24, 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).

designation

(2929) Harris was named after Alan W. Harris , a planetologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory . His research included studies of the formation of the solar system and the dynamics of satellites and planetary rings .

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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 23, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 BK 1 . Discovered 1982 Jan. 24 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2928) Epstein numbering (2930) Euripides