(5188) Paine
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Asteroid (5188) Paine |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5803 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1363 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2285 AU - 2.9320 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.5202 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.14 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.54 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eleanor Helin |
| Date of discovery | October 15, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 TZ 2 , 1938 DY 1 , 1971 BW 2 , 1988 FZ |
| 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. | |
(5188) Paine is an asteroid located in the Main Belt . It was discovered on October 15, 1990 by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in Flagstaff .
The asteroid was named after the American scientist Thomas O. Paine (1921-1992), during whose service as the third administrator of NASA the first seven manned Apollo missions ( Apollo 7 to Apollo 13 ) were flown.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Paine: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Paine in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5188) Paine in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).