(2136) Jugta

Asteroid (2136) Jugta
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Asteroid family	Eos family
Major semi-axis	3,019 AU
eccentricity	0.045
Perihelion - aphelion	2.884 AU - 3.154 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	10.596 °
Length of the ascending node	148.957 °
Argument of the periapsis	55.259 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	5th October 2015
Sidereal period	5.25 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	18.215 (± 0.186) km
Albedo	0.122 (± 0.022)
Rotation period	6.457
Absolute brightness	11.3 mag
history
Explorer	Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery	July 24, 1933
Another name	1933 OC; 1942 ED ₁ ; 1942 FO; 1970 RU
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.

(2136) Jugta ( 1933 OC ; 1942 ED ₁ ; 1942 FO ; 1970 RU ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt that belongs to the Eos family and was discovered on July 24, 1933 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl .

designation

The asteroid was named after Jay U. Gunter (1911-1994) and his publication "Tonight's Asteroids". This publication succeeded in generating popular interest in asteroids and inspired many amateurs and several professional astronomers to study these objects. The name was suggested by E. Fogelin .

Web links

Asteroid Jugta: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
(2136) Jugta in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 173 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 7, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of JU Gunter”

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 173 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 7, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in honor of JU Gunter”