(3040) Kozai
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Asteroid (3040) Kozai |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 1.8407 ± 0.00004 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2004 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.4718 ± 0.0006 AU - 2.2095 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 46.6394 ± 0.0065 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 143.5066 ± 0.0526 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 290.1507 ± 0.1966 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | September 10, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 2.5 a ± 0.0311 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.377 ± 0.659 km |
| Albedo | 0.479 ± 0.198 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: S. |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 William Liller
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| Date of discovery | January 23, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 BA |
| 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. | |
(3040) Kozai ( 1979 BA ) is an asteroid about three kilometers in size of the main inner belt that was discovered on January 23, 1979 by the American astronomer William Liller at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory about 80 km east of La Serena in Chile ( IAU Code 807) was discovered.
designation
(3040) Kozai was named after the Japanese astronomer and celestial mechanic Yoshihide Kozai (1928-2018) who worked at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (IAU code 388). The naming was suggested by astronomer JG Williams .
See also
Web links
- (3040) Kozai in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (3040) Kozai 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): “1979 BA. Discovered 1979 Jan. 23 by W. Liller at Cerro Tololo. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (3039) Yangel | numbering | (3041) Webb |