(5062) Glennmiller
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Asteroid (5062) Glennmiller |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2602 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1669 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8830 AU - 2.6373 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.3008 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 19.3093 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 14.6620 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.40 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.81 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eleanor Helin |
| Date of discovery | February 6, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 CZ , 1981 YF |
| 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. | |
(5062) Glenn Miller is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the on February 6, 1989 American US astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code in 675) California was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American jazz trombonist , band leader , composer and arranger Glenn Miller (1904-1944), whose name is still associated with the jazz melodies Moonlight Serenade and In the Mood .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Glennmiller: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Glennmiller in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5062) Glennmiller in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).