(1822) Waterman
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Asteroid (1822) Waterman |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1701 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1535 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8371 AU - 2.5031 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9559 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 221.3000 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 30.4813 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.20 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.21 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 7.581 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | July 25, 1950 |
| Another name | 1950 OO , 1943 EB, 1953 MA, 1963 TT |
| 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. | |
(1822) Waterman is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 25 July 1950 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 physicist Alan T. Waterman , the first director of the US National Science Foundation .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Waterman: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1822) Waterman in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1822) Waterman in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).