(5097) Axford
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Asteroid (5097) Axford |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6004 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2268 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0107 AU - 3.1900 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.8966 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 123.9563 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 182.2414 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.48 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 13.02 ± 1.1 km |
| Albedo | 0.0547 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | October 12, 1983 |
| Another name | 1983 TW 1 , 1966 RG, 1978 JG 2 , 1987 SZ 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. | |
(5097) Axford is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 October 1983 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 after the New Zealand astrophysicist Ian Axford (1933-2010), who was director of the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1974 to 1990 and who was raised to the nobility in 1996 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Axford: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Axford in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5097) Axford in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).