(5837) Hedin

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Asteroid
(5837) Hedin
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1262  AU
eccentricity 0.1422
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6815 AU - 3.5708 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1823 °
Length of the ascending node 104.9987 °
Argument of the periapsis 155.1223 °
Sidereal period 5.53 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.82 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 7.7256 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2548 PL , 1986 EU 5
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.

(5837) Hedin is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(5837) Hedin was named after the Swedish geographer , topographer , explorer , photographer and travel writer Sven Hedin (1865–1952), who laid the foundations for an accurate map of the area and made a multitude of significant discoveries with his records of four expeditions to Central Asia made.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (5837) Hedin in the database AstDyS-2 (English)

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