(2003) Harding
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Asteroid (2003) Harding |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0598 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1252 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6766 AU - 3.4430 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.8693 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 64.4956 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 71.2097 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.35 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.01 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 20 km |
| Rotation period | 2.96 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6559 PL , 1934 XH, 1941 BH, 1952 BP, 1952 DT, 1971 SU 1 , 1972 YT, 1973 AG 1 |
| 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. | |
(2003) Harding is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .
The asteroid is named after the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), who discovered the asteroid (3) Juno on September 1, 1804 at the Lilienthal observatory .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Harding: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2003) Harding in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2003) Harding in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).