(16529) Dangoldine
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Asteroid (16529) Dangoldin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3393 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3156 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6011 AU - 3.0776 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 22.6942 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 191.9226 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 251.2639 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.58 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.47 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | EF Helin |
| Date of discovery | April 9, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 GO 1 , 1975 TP 6 , 1975 TZ 3 |
| 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. | |
(16529) Dangoldin is a Mars orbit asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on April 9, 1991 by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory .
The celestial body was named on January 28, 2002 after Daniel S. Goldin (* 1940), who was NASA administrator from 1992 to 2001 and who founded the “Faster, Better, Cheaper” concept, which led to a reorganization of NASA.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dangoldin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16529) Dangoldin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16529) Dangoldin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).