(7307) Takei
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Asteroid (7307) Takei |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7439 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0845 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5120 AU - 2.9759 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.9823 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4 a 199 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.30 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Y. Shimizu , T. Urata |
| Date of discovery | April 13, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 GT 9 |
| 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. | |
(7307) Takei is an asteroid orbiting the sun in the main asteroid belt .
The International Astronomical Union named the asteroid on October 2, 2007 after the actor George Takei , who played the role of Hikaru Sulu in the series Spaceship Enterprise .
See also
Web links
- astronomy today
- Asteroid renamed for 'Star Trek' actor - CNN.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007 ; accessed on October 6, 2007 (English).
- Comic on userfriendly.org
- Asteroid Takei: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Takei in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7307) Takei in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).