(10044) Squyres
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Asteroid (10044) Squyres |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5637 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3345 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7062 AU - 3.4213 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.5087 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 318.2041 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 31.8574 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.10 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.60 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Carolyn Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | September 15, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 RU , 1989 PD |
| 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. | |
(10044) Squyres is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the September 15, 1985 American US astronomers Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named on September 21, 2002 after Steve Squyres (* 1957), the American professor of astronomy at Cornell University who is engaged in planetary research, especially the large solid in the solar system , and who is Mars' principal investigator Exploration Rover Mission is acting.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Squyres: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (10044) Squyres in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (10044) Squyres in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).