(3020) Naudts

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Asteroid
(3020) Naudts
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.7621 ± 0.00001  AU
eccentricity 0.0591 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5987 ± 0.0001 AU - 2.9254 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.2715 ± 0.0408 °
Length of the ascending node 141.8441 ± 0.3321 °
Argument of the periapsis 196.1874 ± 0.4521 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 27, 2018
Sidereal period 4.59 a ± 0.1176 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.981 ± 0.468 km
Albedo 0.178 ± 0.021
Rotation period ≈126.247 ± 37.8741 h
Absolute brightness 12.3 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: SI
history
Explorer Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery August 2, 1949
Another name 1949 PR ; 1931 TG 4 ; 1977 SJ 3 ; 1977 TR 6 ; 1984 EE
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(3020) Naudts ( 1949 PR ; 1931 TG 4 ; 1977 SJ 3 ; 1977 TR 6 ; 1984 EE ) is an asteroid about twelve kilometers in size in the central main belt , which was discovered on August 2, 1949 by the German (then: Federal Republic of Germany ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was discovered at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).

designation

(3020) Naudts was named after the Belgian amateur astronomer Ignace Naudts (1949-1992), who published the monthly magazine Heelal of the Flemish organization Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde . He was interested in satellites of planets as well as planetary rings . The naming was suggested by the Belgian amateur astronomer Christian Steyaert and supported by the German astronomers Gerhard Klare and Lutz D. Schmadel .

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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 October 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1949 PR. Discovered 1949 Aug. 2 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. ”
predecessor asteroid successor
(3019) Kulin numbering (3021) Lucubratio