(3416) Dorrit
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Asteroid (3416) Dorrit |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Mars orbit cruiser |
| Major semi-axis | 1.9175 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2072 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.5202 AU - 2.3147 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 22.0671 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.66 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 21.50 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 2.574 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Sa |
| history | |
| Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | November 8, 1931 |
| Another name | 1931 VP, 1984 UB |
| 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. | |
(3416) Dorrit is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 8, 1931 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024) near Heidelberg . In its eccentric orbit around the sun, Dorrit crosses the orbit of the planet Mars .
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer Dorrit Hoffleit (1907-2007), the author of the Bright Star catalog .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dorrit: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3416) Dorrit in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3416) Dorrit in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).