(5800) Pollock
Asteroid (5800) Pollock |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.0972 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1710 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5677 AU - 3.6268 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.9807 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 112.9654 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 251.4374 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | March 6, 2015 |
Sidereal period | 5.45 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.94 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
Date of discovery | October 16, 1982 |
Another name | 1982 UV 1 , 1971 SA 2 |
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. |
(5800) Pollock is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on October 16, 1982 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kle Observ Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov . An unconfirmed sighting of the asteroid (1971 SA 2 ) had already taken place in 1971 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj .
(5800) Pollock belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
The asteroid is named after Jackson Pollock , an American Abstract Expressionist painter from the New York School . The designation was made on the proposal of the Czech astronomer Jana Tichá by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on November 11, 2000.
Web links
- (5800) Pollock in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (5800) Pollock in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)