(38671) Verdaguer
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Asteroid (38671) Verdaguer |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4425 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1801 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0027 AU - 2.8823 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7237 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 134.5783 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 253.9740 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.82 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.05 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
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| Explorer | Jaume noun |
| Date of discovery | August 7, 2000 |
| Another name | 2000 PZ 6 , 1977 TV |
| 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. | |
(38671) Verdaguer is an asteroid of the main belt discovered on August 7, 2000 by the Catalan amateur astronomer Jaume Nomen at the Ametlla de Mar observatory ( IAU code 946) in the Catalan province of Tarragona . The asteroid was first sighted in October 1977 at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile under the provisional name 1977 TV.
The asteroid belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa, which is also known as the Hertha family (after (135) Hertha).
(38671) Verdaguer was named on November 20, 2002 after the Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), who is considered the most important protagonist of the movement to revive the Catalan language and culture in the 19th century, the Renaixença .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Verdaguer: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (38671) Verdaguer in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (38671) Verdaguer in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (38671) Verdaguer at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)