(1788) Kiess
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Asteroid (1788) gravel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1143 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1584 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6212 AU - 3.6075 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.6710 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 161.9450 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 142.6238 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.50 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
| Rotation period | 11.0335 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | July 25, 1952 |
| Another name | 1952 OZ , 1935 OE, 1964 WP |
| 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. | |
(1788) Kiess is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 July 1952 by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn in the State of Indiana was discovered.
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
(1788) Kiess was named after the American astronomer Carl C. Kiess (1887–1967).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (1788) Kiess in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- Asteroid Kiess: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1788) Kiess in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1788) Kiess in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).