(8032) Michael Adams
Asteroid (8032) Michaeladams |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3891 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1745 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9722 AU - 2.8060 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.1644 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 35.8333 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.69 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Seiji Ueda Hiroshi Kaneda |
Date of discovery | March 8, 1992 |
Another name | 1992 ES 1 , 1970 GX 1 , 1981 FK 1 , 1997 YH 20 |
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. |
(8032) Michael Adams is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 March 1992 by the Japanese astronomer Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at the observatory in Kushiro ( IAU code was discovered 399).
The celestial body is named after the former US test pilot Michael Adams (1930-1967), who completed 7 flights in the X-15 program and was the first American to die in a space flight to posthumously receive his astronaut wings .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Michaeladams: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Michaeladams in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8032) Michaeladams in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).