(11753) Geoffburbidge

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Asteroid
(11753) Geoffburbidge
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hygiea family
Major semi-axis 3.1866  AU
eccentricity 0.0884
Perihelion - aphelion 2.9050 AU - 3.4682 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.5481 °
Length of the ascending node 298.5795 °
Argument of the periapsis 193.5974 °
Sidereal period 5.69 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.69 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer C. J. v. Houten , I. v. Houten-Groeneveld
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2064 PL , 1989 WV 4
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.

(11753) Geoffburbidge is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) .

The asteroid belongs to the Hygiea family, a rather older group of asteroids, as is believed, the largest member of which is the asteroid (10) Hygiea .

(11753) Geoffburbidge was named on March 6, 2004 after the British-American astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge (1925-2010), who in 1957 together with his wife Margaret Burbidge , William Alfred Fowler and Fred Hoyle the B2FH theory for the origin of the light elements Nuclear fusion in stars ( nucleosynthesis ).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (11753) Geoffburbidge in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

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