(2118) Flagstaff
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Asteroid (2118) Flagstaff |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5476 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2186 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9907 AU - 3.1045 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.3056 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 331.4742 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 100.8780 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.07 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.66 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 11 km |
| Rotation period | 15.17 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.7 mag |
| Spectral class | S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henry Lee Giclas |
| Date of discovery | 5th August 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 PB , 1930 WF, 1946 UG, 1950 TE, 1950 TY, 1954 UK 1 , 1958 RB, 1958 TA 1 , 1966 QH, A907 CC, A907 CD, A915 CF |
| 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. | |
(2118) Flagstaff is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 9, 1978 by the US American astronomer Henry Lee Giclas at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County in Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the city of Flagstaff , which is the county seat .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Flagstaff: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2118) Flagstaff in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2118) Flagstaff in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).