(11756) Geneparker
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Asteroid (11756) Geneparker |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2425 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1802 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8383 AU - 2.6467 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2079 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 51.6865 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 303.4191 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.36 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 6.5 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 2779 PL , 1997 SB 25 |
| 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. | |
(11756) Gene Parker 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 ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 6, 2004 after the American astrophysicist Eugene N. Parker (* 1927), who conducted research at the University of Chicago and who coined the term solar wind in 1959 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Geneparker: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11756) Geneparker in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (11756) Geneparker in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).