(30797) Chimborazo

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Asteroid
(30797) Chimborazo
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.6911  AU
eccentricity 0.1427
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3070 AU - 3.0751 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.5314 °
Length of the ascending node 293.0007 °
Argument of the periapsis 193.4963 °
Time of passage of the perihelion July 12, 2015
Sidereal period 4.41 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.3 mag
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery 4th February 1989
Another name 1989 CV 2 , 2002 RZ 79
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.

(30797) Chimborazo is an asteroid of the main central belt . It was discovered on February 4, 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).

The asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family, a group named after (15) Eunomia , to which probably five percent of the asteroids in the main belt belong. The ageless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (30797) Chimborazo are almost identical with those of the smaller, if one of the absolute brightness starting from 16.4 compared to 14.3, asteroids (363608) 2004 FS 148 .

(30797) Chimborazo was born on 12 March 2017 after the Ecuadorian stratovolcano Chimborazo named.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (30797) Chimborazo in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
  2. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)