(4079) Britten
Asteroid (4079) Britten |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1889 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1103 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8373 AU - 3.5405 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3913 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.66 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | February 15, 1983 |
Another name | 1983 CS , 1978 GY 1 , 1981 UW 14 , 1984 HX 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. |
(4079) Britten is an asteroid of the main belt , the February 15, 1983 by US astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the English composer , conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten (1913–1976).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Britten: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4079) Britten in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4079) Britten in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).