(68410) Nichols
Asteroid (68410) Nichols |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6802 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0757 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4774 AU - 2.8830 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8563 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 275.8897 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 127.3310 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.39 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.19 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.163 (± 0.50869) mag |
history | |
Explorer | Michael Collins , Minor White |
Date of discovery | August 16, 2001 |
Another name | 2001 QB 154 |
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. |
(68410) Nichols is a major middle belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 2001 by US astronomers Michael Collins and Minor White at the OCA-Anza Observatory ( IAU code 643) in Anza , Riverside County , California .
According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), a spectroscopic study by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel at (68410) Nichols assumed a dark surface, so it could, roughly speaking, be trade a C asteroid .
(68410) Nichols was named after actress Nichelle Nichols , who played Lieutenant Uhura in the television series Starship Enterprise and later worked for the US space agency NASA . The asteroid was named on September 19, 2005.
Web links
- (68410) Nichols in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (68410) Nichols in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (68410) Nichols according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia, Richard P. Binzel: Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog . (English)
- ↑ subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)