(3023) Heard
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Asteroid (3023) Heard |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2169 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0847 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0292 AU - 2.4046 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.9936 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.00 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | May 5th 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 JS, 1951 ET, 1964 DF, 1979 VO 3 , 1979 YB 2 |
| 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. | |
(3023) Heard is an asteroid of the main belt , the May 5, 1981 by US astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Canadian astronomer John Frederick Heard (1907-1976), a professor of astronomy at the University of Toronto and fourth director of the David Dunlap Observatory .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Heard: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3023) Heard in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3023) Heard in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).