(5049) Sherlock
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Asteroid (5049) Sherlock |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1986 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1614 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8437 AU - 2.5535 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.9427 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 50.1341 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 316.6023 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.26 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.08 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.042 ± 0.156 km |
| Albedo | 0.329 ± 0.035 |
| Rotation period | 5.4915 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | November 2nd 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 VC 1 , 1971 QF, 1977 KG 1 , 1981 UO 10 |
| 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. | |
(5049) Sherlock is an asteroid of the main belt , which on November 2, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 6, 1993 after Sherlock Holmes , the famous detective from the tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sherlock: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Sherlock in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5049) Sherlock in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).