(1604) Tombaugh
Asteroid (1604) Tombaugh |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 3.0248 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0959 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7347 AU - 3.3149 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.38 ° |
Sidereal period | 5,261 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.13 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 32.34 km |
Albedo | 0.104 |
Rotation period | 7.040 h |
Absolute brightness | 10.307 mag |
Spectral class | Xc |
history | |
Explorer | C. O. Lampland |
Date of discovery | March 24, 1931 |
Another name | 1931 FH, 1930 DX, 1933 SA 1 |
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. |
(1604) Tombaugh is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 March 1931 by Carl Otto Lampland at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff , Arizona was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is reminiscent of the American astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh , who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930 .