(2023) Asaph
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Asteroid (2023) Asaph |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.875 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.28 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.069 AU - 3.682 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 22.357 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 3.143 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 357.711 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | June 19, 2011 |
| Sidereal period | 4.88 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 20 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
| Date of discovery | September 16, 1952 |
| Another name | 1952 SA |
| 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. | |
(2023) Asaph ( 1952 SA ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16 September 1952 at the Goethe Link Observatory as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program , which by US astronomer Frank K. Edmondson was initiated, discovered.
designation
Like the lunar crater Hall , the asteroid was named after the US astronomer Asaph Hall (1829–1907), who discovered the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos (both in 1877).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Asaph: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2023) Asaph in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Page 164 (English)