(2196) Ellicott

Asteroid (2196) Ellicott
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Major semi-axis	3,443 AU
eccentricity	0.056
Perihelion - aphelion	3.251 AU - 3.635 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	10.323 °
Length of the ascending node	212.163 °
Argument of the periapsis	308.814 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	4th October 2016
Sidereal period	6.39 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	57.384 ± 0.218 km
Albedo	0.043 ± 0.005
Rotation period	9.0706 h
Absolute brightness	10.25 mag
Spectral class	Tholen: CFXU
history
Explorer	Indiana Asteroid Program
Date of discovery	January 29, 1956
Another name	1965 BC ; 1934 GG; 1947 FF; 1948 LD; 1951 YD ₂ ; 1953 FF ₁ ; 1954 JN; 1954 KN; 1966 FC; 1969 TM ₅ ; 1972 FL; 1976 UH ₄ ; 1976 YQ ₄ ; A906 VJ; A911 QC
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.

(2196) Ellicott ( 1965 BC ; 1934 GG ; 1947 FF ; 1948 LD ; 1951 YD ₂ ; 1953 FF ₁ ; 1954 JN ; 1954 KN ; 1966 FC ; 1969 TM ₅ ; 1972 FL ; 1976 UH ₄ ; 1976 YQ ₄ ; A906 VJ ; A911 QC ) is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on January 29, 1956 at the Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn (Indiana) ( IAU code 760) as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program .

designation

(2196) Ellicott was named after the American astronomer Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962), who is considered the founder of dendrochronology . From 1894 to 1901 he was assistant to the astronomer Percival Lowell (after whom the asteroid (1886) Lowell was named), taught in Tucson from 1906 and was director of the Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona (IAU code 692) from 1923 to 1937 . The name was suggested by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson .

Web links

(2196) Ellicott in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2196) Ellicott in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

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. 178–179 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 20, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962) ”

[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. 178–179 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed October 20, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962) ”