(16046) Gregnorman
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Asteroid (16046) Gregnorman |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0620 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1160 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7069 AU - 3.4170 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.3151 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 229.8581 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 310.5917 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.36 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.03 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | John Broughton |
| Date of discovery | May 5, 1999 |
| Another name | 1995 JK |
| 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. | |
(16046) Greg Norman is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 May 1999 by Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton on Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428) in Queensland in Australia was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Australian professional golfer Greg Norman (* 1956), who topped the world rankings for 331 weeks in the 1980s and 1990s .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gregnorman: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16046) Gregnorman in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16046) Gregnorman in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).