(5430) Luu
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Asteroid (5430) Luu |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Phocaea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3644 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2235 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8359 AU - 2.8929 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.8983 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.64 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | May 12, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 JA 1 , 1970 OL |
| 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. | |
(5430) Luu is a main belt asteroid discovered by Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory on May 12, 1988 .
It was named on July 1, 1996 in honor of the astronomer Jane Luu .
Web links
- (5430) Luu in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (5430) Luu in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California
- Discovery Circumstances of (5430) Luu according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)