(3087) Beatrice Tinsley
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Asteroid (3087) Beatrice Tinsley |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0769 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1096 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.732 AU - 3.077 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.80 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.40 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.573 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Alan C. Gilmore , Pamela Margaret Kilmartin |
| Date of discovery | August 30, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 QJ 1 |
| 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. | |
(3087) Beatrice Tinsley is a main belt - Asteroid , which on 30 August 1981 from Mt John University Observatory near Tekapo was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the New Zealand astronomer Beatrice Tinsley (1941–1981), who developed the first comprehensive models of the evolution of stars and the abundance of heavy elements in galaxies.