(14466) Hodge
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Asteroid (14466) Hodge |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6153 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2010 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0896 AU - 3.1410 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.1887 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 352.2685 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 317.3549 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | August 27, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 4.23 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.42 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.353 (± 0.062) km |
| Albedo | 0.147 (± 0.030) |
| Rotation period | 10.1912 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Mark Hammergren |
| Date of discovery | July 25, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 OY 2 , 1996 FV |
| 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. | |
(14466) Hodge is an asteroid of the main belt extending from the on 25 July 1993 American US astronomer Mark Hammergren on Manastash Ridge Observatory of the University of Washington ( IAU code 664) was discovered.
The celestial body was named on March 9, 2001 after the American astronomer Paul William Hodge (1934-2019), who was editor of the Astronomical Journal from 1984 to 2004 . His investigations of the Barnards Galaxy in 1977 resulted in the identification of 16 H-II regions , which are named after him as Hodge 1 to Hodge 16.
See also
Web links
- (14466) Hodge in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (14466) Hodge in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (14466) Hodge according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)