(9059) Dumas
Asteroid (9059) Dumas |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.1672 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0788 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9965 AU - 2.3379 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.8928 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.19 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 20.23 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | August 8, 1992 |
Another name | 1992 PJ, 1979 MO |
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. |
(9059) Dumas is an asteroid of the main belt , the August 8, 1992 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 675).
The asteroid was named after the French writer Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870), the author of the famous historical novels The Count of Monte Christo and The Three Musketeers .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dumas: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Dumas in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9059) Dumas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).