(1798) Watts
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Asteroid (1798) Watts |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1988 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1223 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9299 AU - 2.4678 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.1940 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 44.2809 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 3.8950 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.26 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.08 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII : S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | April 4, 1949 |
| Another name | 1949 GC , 1934 VS, 1937 RL, 1970 YB, 1973 UD 6 |
| 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. | |
(1798) Watts is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 4 April 1949 by astronomers of the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn in the State of Indiana was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American astronomer and employee of the United States Naval Observatory Chester B. Watts .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Watts: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1798) Watts in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1798) Watts in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).