(2086) Newell
Asteroid (2086) Newell |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
family | Vesta family |
Major semi-axis | 2.401 AU |
eccentricity | 0.112 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.133 AU - 2.670 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.482 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 135.209 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 295.472 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 29th September 2017 |
Sidereal period | 3.72 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 6.096 km (± 0.400) |
Albedo | 0.571 (± 0.074) |
Rotation period | 78.2 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
Spectral class | SMASSII: Xc |
history | |
Explorer | Goethe Link Observatory |
Date of discovery | 20th January 1966 |
Another name | 1966 BC; 1931 UM; 1951 AJ 1 ; 1957 TD; 1972 XG |
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. |
(2086) Newell ( 1966 BC ; 1931 UM ; 1951 AJ 1 ; 1957 TD ; 1972 XG ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt belonging to the Vesta family and discovered on January 20, 1966 at the Goethe Link Observatory .
designation
The asteroid was named after Homer E. Newell (1915–1983), one of NASA's most important organizers . He was a member of the advisory committee that was set up to found NASA in 1958 and was one of the first NASA employees. Until his retirement in 1973 he was a senior staff member at NASA. Frank K. Edmondson suggested Newell as the namesake.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Newell: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2086) Newell 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. 269 (English, 938 pp., Google Books [ONLINE; accessed on September 4, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Homer E. Newell”