(3070) Aitken
|
Asteroid (3070) Aitken |
|
|---|---|
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3056 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1983 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8485 AU - 2.7627 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3441 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.50 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.61 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | April 4, 1949 |
| Another name | 1949 GK , 1942 GQ, A907 HA |
| 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. | |
(3070) Aitken is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 4 April 1949 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory ( IAU code 760) in Brooklyn in the US state of Indiana was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer Robert Grant Aitken (1864–1951).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Aitken: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3070) Aitken in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3070) Aitken in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).