(2980) Cameron
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Asteroid (2980) Cameron |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Innes family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5702 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1802 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1071 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.0333 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2702 ± 0.045 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 172.1707 ± 0.3261 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 254.6604 ± 0.3518 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 6, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 4.12 a ± 0.1067 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.121 ± 0.183 km |
| Albedo | 0.322 ± 0.047 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Scolded John Bus
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| Date of discovery | March 2, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 EU 17 ; 1977 EL 3 ; 1979 SQ 7 |
| 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. | |
(2980) Cameron ( 1981 EU 17 ; 1977 EL 3 ; 1979 SQ 7 ) is an approximately five kilometer large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on March 2, 1981 by the American astronomer Schelte John Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in the Was discovered near Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260). It belongs to the Innes family , a group of asteroids named after the asteroid (1658) Innes .
designation
(2980) Cameron was named after the American astrophysicist and cosmologist Alastair Cameron (1925-2002), who was deputy director at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics .
See also
Web links
- (2980) Cameron in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2980) Cameron in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 EU17. Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2979) Murmansk | numbering | (2981) Chagall |