(18292) Zoltowski
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Asteroid (18292) Zoltowski |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9534 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0703 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7458 AU - 3.1611 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6882 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.08 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.33 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Harvard College Observatory |
| Date of discovery | March 17, 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 FB, 1998 HC 76 , 2000 QF 142 |
| 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. | |
(18292) Zoltowski is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 March 1977 at the Agassiz Station of the Harvard College Observatory ( IAU code 801) in Harvard , Massachusetts was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Australian amateur astronomer Frank B. Zoltowski (* 1957).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Zoltowski: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (18292) Zoltowski in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (18292) Zoltowski in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).