(2079) Jacchia
Asteroid (2079) Jacchia |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Middle main belt |
Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
Major semi-axis | 2,600 AU |
eccentricity | 0.077 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.398 AU - 2.801 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.262 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 353.083 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 145.188 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | October 31, 2017 |
Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 8.939 km (± 0.128) |
Albedo | 0.221 (± 0.025) |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
RE McCrosky , Cheng-Yuan Shao , G. Schwartz , JH Bulger |
Date of discovery | February 23, 1976 |
Another name | 1976 DB ; 1972 GH 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. |
(2076) Jacchia ( 1976 DB ; 1972 GH 1 ) is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 23 February 1976 by RE McCrosky , Cheng Shao-Yuan , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger at the Oak Ridge Observatory was discovered.
designation
The asteroid was named after Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia (1910-1996), who had been a research fellow at Harvard College Observatory and physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since 1939 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Jacchia: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2079) Jacchia in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Enlarged version. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 3. Edition. tape 1 . Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 978-3-662-06617-1 , pp. 268 (English, 938 pages, Google Books [ONLINE; accessed September 3, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of Luigi Giuseppe Jacchia”