(5038) Overbeek
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Asteroid (5038) Overbeek |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3112 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2813 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6612 AU - 2.9613 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.9261 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 65.6671 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 219.6636 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.51 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.59 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII : S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. L. Johnson |
| Date of discovery | May 31, 1948 |
| Another name | 1948 KF , 1983 HP |
| 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. | |
(5038) Overbeek is an asteroid of the main belt , which the South African astronomer on May 31, 1948 Ernest Leonard Johnson , from the Union Observatory ( IAU code 078) in Johannesburg was made, discovered.
The asteroid is named after the South African amateur astronomer and AAVSO member Daniel Overbeek .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Overbeek: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (5038) Overbeek in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (5038) Overbeek in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).