(35350) Lespaul
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Asteroid (35350) Lespaul |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hygiea family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2016 AE |
| eccentricity | 0.1174 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8256 AU - 3.5776 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.0907 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 140.9521 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 137.1635 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.73 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | June 8, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 LP 14 , 1996 EK 14 , 1998 QD 31 , 2000 YP 42 |
| 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. | |
(35350) Lespaul is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on June 8, 1997 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already been made on March 12 and 17, 1996 under the provisional designation 1996 EK 14 at the outstation of the Steward Observatory located on Kitt Peak .
The asteroid belongs to the Hygiea family, a rather older group of asteroids, as is believed, the largest member of which is the asteroid (10) Hygiea . (35350) Lespaul is in a 7-2-3 orbit resonance with Jupiter and Saturn .
The asteroid was named on October 4, 2009 after the American guitarist Les Paul , who died on August 13, 2009. Les Paul was significantly involved in the development of modern recording techniques and the further development of the electric guitar .
Web links
- (35350) Lespaul in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (35350) Lespaul in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (35350) Lespaul according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (35350) Lespaul at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ↑ Proper Elements from (35350) Lespaul (English)