(3287) Olmstead
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Asteroid (3287) Olmstead |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3656 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3007 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6543 AU - 3.0768 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.0763 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.64 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.36 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 4.80 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
| Spectral class | L. |
| history | |
| Explorer | SJ bus |
| Date of discovery | February 28, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 DK 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. | |
(3287) Olmstead is an orbit- grazing asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on February 28, 1981 by the American astronomer Schelte John Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413) in Australia .
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer and asteroid discoverer C. Michelle Olmstead .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Olmstead: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3287) Olmstead in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3287) Olmstead in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).