(2955) Newburn

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Asteroid
(2955) Newburn
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.1802 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1156 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9283 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.4321 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.5927 ± 0.0417 °
Length of the ascending node 32.4224 ± 0.7291 °
Argument of the periapsis 234.5325 ± 0.0752 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 7th July 2018
Sidereal period 3.22 a ± 0.0062 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 5.427 ± 0.068 km
Albedo 0.315 ± 0.030
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery January 30, 1982
Another name 1982 BX 1 ; 1976 JG 3 ; 1979 FZ 1
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(2955) Newburn ( 1982 BX 1 ; 1976 JG 3 ; 1979 FZ 1 ) is an approximately five kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on January 30, 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).

designation

(2955) Newburn was named after the astronomer Ray L. Newburn who worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

See also

Web links

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 25, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 BX 1 . Discovered 1982 Jan. 30 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2954) Delsemme numbering (2956) Yeomans