(5066) Garradd
Asteroid (5066) Garradd |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 1.9365 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1544 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6376 AU - 2.2354 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 41.4424 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 82.3229 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 184.7462 ° |
Sidereal period | 2.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 21.40 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Robert McNaught |
Date of discovery | June 22, 1990 |
Another name | 1990 MA |
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. |
(5066) Garradd is a Mars orbit asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on June 22, 1990 by the British - Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413) in Australia.
The asteroid was named after the Australian amateur astronomer Gordon J. Garradd (* 1959), who works at the Siding Spring Observatory .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Garradd: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Garradd in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5066) Garradd in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).