(188446) Louischevrolet
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Asteroid (188446) Louischevrolet |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4003 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1390 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0666 AU - 2.7340 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.3009 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.72 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 16.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Michel Ory |
| Date of discovery | April 17, 2004 |
| Another name | 2004 HY 5 , 1993 KU 3 |
| 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. | |
(188446) Louischevrolet is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 April 2004 by the Swiss amateur astronomer Michel Ory on Tenagra II Observatory ( IAU code 926) near Nogales in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Swiss-born racing driver Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) who, together with a partner, founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in Detroit in 1911 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Louischevrolet: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (188446) Louischevrolet in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (188446) Louischevrolet in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).