(10973) Thomas Rider
Asteroid (10973) Thomas Rider |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2423 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0781 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0673 AU - 2.4174 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5481 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 348.0790 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 234.3868 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | June 27, 2019 |
Sidereal period | 3.36 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 3.426 ± 0.054 km |
Albedo | 0.345 ± 0.054 |
Rotation period | 3.910 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 29th September 1973 |
Another name | 1210 T-2 , 1992 ED |
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. |
(10973) Thomasreiter is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the 2nd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 13 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .
The asteroid was named on May 20, 2008 after the German test pilot and former astronaut Thomas Reiter (* 1958), who was the first European to undertake long-term missions; 1995–1996 on the Russian Mir space station and 2006 on the International Space Station (ISS) .
Web links
- (10973) Thomasreiter in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (10973) Thomasreiter in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (10973) Thomasreiter according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)