(184878) Gotlib
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Asteroid (184878) Gotlib |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9582 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1292 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5758 AU - 3.3405 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1459 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 60.7970 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 259.4311 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | November 25, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.09 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 3 km |
| Absolute brightness | 16.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Jean-Claude Merlin |
| Date of discovery | October 26, 2005 |
| Another name | 2005 UK 187 |
| 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. | |
(184878) Gotlib is an asteroid of the main outer belt discovered by the French computer scientist and amateur astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin on October 26, 2005 at the fully automatic Ritchey-Chrétien 81 cm telescope of the Tenagra II Observatory in Nogales , Arizona ( IAU code 926 ) has been discovered. The telescope was able to head for Merlin from France when it was discovered.
The diameter of the asteroid is estimated to be about three kilometers.
(184878) Gotlib was named at the suggestion of Jean-Claude Merlin on June 18, 2008 after the French comic artist and editor Marcel Gotlieb (1934-2016), who is known under the abbreviation Gotlib .
Web links
- (184878) Gotlib in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (184878) Gotlib in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (184878) Gotlib according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on Gotlib's website with four animated images of the asteroid on the day of its discovery (French)