(656) Beagle
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Asteroid (656) Beagle |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.148 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.721 AU - 3.575 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.5 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 184.5 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 332 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 14, 2009 |
| Sidereal period | 5 a 214 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.7 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 53.2 km |
| Albedo | 0.06 |
| Rotation period | 7 h 2 min |
| Absolute brightness | 10.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | August Kopff |
| Date of discovery | January 22, 1908 |
| Another name | 1908 BU, 1917 Sed, 1954 HJ |
| 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. | |
(656) Beagle is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on January 22, 1908 by the German astronomer August Kopff in Heidelberg .
The asteroid is named after the HMS Beagle , the ship in whose second major expedition Charles Darwin took part.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: (656) Beagle . In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - (656) Beagle . Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3 , p. 65, doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29925-7_657 .