(72827) Maxaub

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Asteroid
(72827) Maxaub
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eunomia family
Major semi-axis 2.5909  AU
eccentricity 0.1230
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2721 AU - 2.9097 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.9182 °
Length of the ascending node 107.5897 °
Argument of the periapsis 107.2308 °
Time of passage of the perihelion April 29, 2018
Sidereal period 4.17 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.51 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 3.717 (± 0.247) km
Albedo 0.321 (± 0.142)
Absolute brightness 14.6 mag
history
Explorer Rafael Ferrando
Date of discovery April 23, 2001
Another name 2001 HT 8
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.

(72827) Maxaub is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on April 23, 2001 by the Spanish astronomer Rafael Ferrando at the Observatorio Pla D'Arguines ( IAU code 941) in Segorbe , Valencia province .

The asteroid belongs to the Eunomia family, a group named after (15) Eunomia , to which probably five percent of the asteroids in the main belt belong. According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), a spectroscopic study by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel at (72827) Maxaub assumed a bright surface, so it could, roughly speaking, be around trade an S asteroid .

The timeless (non- osculating ) orbital elements of (72827) Maxaub are almost identical to those of two smaller ones, assuming the absolute magnitude of 15.4 and 16.1 compared to 14.6, asteroids: (93200) 2000 SS 115 and (282383) 2003 RU 25 .

(72827) Maxaub is named after the Spanish writer Max Aub (1903–1972). It was named on March 6, 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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)
  2. subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)
  3. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
  4. Publication of the International Astronomical Union (IA) of March 6, 2004, page 37 ( PDF , English; 1.8 MB)