(38250) Tartois
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Asteroid (38250) Tartois |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1623 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1910 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5585 AU - 3.7662 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3492 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 123.0622 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 214.2086 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.62 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.73 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | René Roy |
| Date of discovery | August 31, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 QS 2 |
| 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. | |
(38250) Tartois is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 31, 1999 by the French astronomer René Roy at the observatory in Blauvac ( IAU code 627) in the French department of Vaucluse .
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
(38250) Tartois was named on January 6, 2003 after the French amateur astronomer Lucien Tartois (* 1924), who worked for the Société astronomique de France for many years .
See also
Web links
- (38250) Tartois in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (38250) Tartois in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (38250) Tartois according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (38250) Tartois in the AstDyS-2 database (English)