(58671) Diplodocus
Asteroid (58671) Diplodocus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4637 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1008 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2154 AU - 2.7120 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.5765 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 193.6606 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 127.7166 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | March 8, 2016 |
Sidereal period | 3.87 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 2.811 (± 0.404) km |
Albedo | 0.141 (± 0.032) |
Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Cynthia Gustava , Keith Rivich |
Date of discovery | December 25, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 YC 8 , 1999 FS 58 |
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. |
(58671) Diplodocus is a main inner belt asteroid discovered by US astronomers Cynthia Gustava and Keith Rivich at the George Observatory ( IAU code 735) on December 25, 1997 . The George Observatory is part of the Houston Museum of Natural Science and is located in Brazos Bend State Park in the Houston suburb of Needville .
(58671) Diplodocus is named after the Houston Museum of Natural Science's newsletter, Dashing Diplodocus . A skeleton replica of a Diplodocus hayi is in the museum . The asteroid was named on February 9, 2009.
Web links
- (58671) Diplodocus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (58671) Diplodocus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (58671) Diplodocus according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)