(6825) Irvine
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Asteroid (6825) Irvine |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1676 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0150 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1350 AU - 2.2003 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.4057 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 6.8143 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 310.4049 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.19 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.22 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.671 (± 0.142) km |
| Albedo | 0.294 (± 0.025) |
| Rotation period | 3.61588 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | 4th October 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 TJ 2 , 1977 CW 1 , 1990 FV 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. | |
(6825) Irvine is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on October 4, 1988 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť observatory ( IAU code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov .
The celestial body was on 23 November 1999 by the British climber Andrew Irvine named (1901-1924), 1924 while trying together with George Mallory to Mount Everest to climb, did not return from the mountain.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Irvine: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (6825) Irvine in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (6825) Irvine in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).