(17024) Costello
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Asteroid (17024) Costello |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4319 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0671 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2687 AU - 2.5951 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.3450 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 327.2866 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 315.0740 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.79 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.09 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.744 (± 0.104) km |
| Albedo | 0.138 (± 0.054) |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | J. Broughton |
| Date of discovery | March 15, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 EJ 5 |
| 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. | |
(17024) Costello is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 March 1999 by the Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton at his private observatory which, Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428), in Queensland , was discovered, Australia.
The asteroid was named on May 9, 2001 after the American actor and comedian Lou Costello (1906-1959), who together with his partner Bud Abbott formed the successful comedian duo Abbott and Costello .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Costello: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (17024) Costello in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (17024) Costello in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).