(9485) Uluru
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Asteroid (9485) Uluru |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6187 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1811 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1445 AU - 3.0929 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1870 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 219.6120 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 218.9498 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 4.3049 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6108 PL , 1998 QA 48 |
| 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. | |
(9485) Uluru is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 September 1960 by the Dutch astronomer Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory ( observatory code 675) in California was discovered.
On April 2, 1999, the asteroid was named after Uluṟu , a sacred mountain due to its spiritual relevance to the dreamtime stories for the Aboriginal people , which is a landmark of Australia under its English name Ayers Rock .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Uluru: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Uluru in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9485) Uluru in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).