(6921) JaneJacobs
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Asteroid (6921) Janejacobs |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2790 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0815 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0931 AU - 2.4648 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.3211 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 89.2057 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 249.1679 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 27, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.44 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.269 (± 0.042) km |
| Albedo | 0.349 (± 0.029) |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Seiji Ueda Hiroshi Kaneda |
| Date of discovery | May 14, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 JJ , 1976 MB, 1977 XV 2 , 1980 TU 1 , 1984 YN, 1987 SH 22 , 1990 HE 2 , 1990 MV 1 , 1992 BF 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. | |
(6921) Janejacobs is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on May 14, 1993 by the Japanese astronomers Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at the observatory in Kushiro-shi ( IAU code 399) on Hokkaidō .
The asteroid was named on June 13, 2006 after the Canadian non-fiction author, city and architecture critic Jane Jacobs (1916–2006), who made a contribution to the urban redevelopment of Greenwich Village in New York City .
See also
Web links
- (6921) Janejacobs in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6921) Janejacobs in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (6921) Janejacobs according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)