(16589) Hastrup
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Asteroid (16589) Hastrup |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hungaria group |
| Major semi-axis | 1.9340 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0782 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7828 AU - 2.0852 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 20.0138 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.69 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 21.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 128 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EF Helin |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 SL 1 , 1989 QE 1 , 1999 FR 7 |
| 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. | |
(16589) Hastrup is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 September 1992 by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory was discovered.
The celestial body is named after Rolf Hastrup (* 1930), an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , who was involved in the Surveyor and Viking programs in the past and is now planning future unmanned space missions.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hastrup: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16589) Hastrup in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16589) Hastrup in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).