(3008) Nojiri
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Asteroid (3008) Nojiri |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1767 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1281 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7696 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.5837 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8094 ± 0.0401 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 168.8192 ± 0.0003 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.3532 ± 0.0003 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | March 31, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 5.66 a ± 0.0166 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
.svg){kind=small} Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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| Date of discovery | November 17, 1938 |
| Another name | 1938 WA ; 1951 DC; 1972 YG 1 ; 1973 AR 2 ; 1977 TW 4 |
| 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. | |
(3008) Nojiri ( 1938 WA ; 1951 DC ; 1972 YG 1 , 1973 AR 2 , 1977 TW 4 ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which on 17 November 1938 by German (then Nazi state ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl was discovered on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024). It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(3008) Nojiri was named after the Japanese writer Hoei Nojiri (1885–1977). After starting his career as an English teacher, he wrote many books based on his study of the mythology and ethnology of stars . His books inspired many professional astronomers in Japan. The naming was suggested by the Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata and supported by the Japanese astronomer Yoshihide Kozai .
See also
Web links
- (3008) Nojiri in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (3008) Nojiri 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 October 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1938 WA. Discovered 1938 Nov. 17 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (3007) Reaves | numbering | (3009) Coventry |