(2248) Kanda

Asteroid (2248) Kanda
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type	Outer main belt
Asteroid family	Themis family
Major semi-axis	3,100 AU
eccentricity	0.116
Perihelion - aphelion	2,740 AU - 3,460 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	1.634 °
Length of the ascending node	33.793 °
Argument of the periapsis	145.919 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	February 2, 2015
Sidereal period	5.46 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	26.361 ± 0.266 km
Albedo	0.088 ± 0.012
Absolute brightness	11.3 mag
history
Explorer	Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery	February 27, 1933
Another name	1933 DE ; 1944 FA; 1949 BD; 1949 DG; 1958 XC ₁ ; 1974 SO ₄ ; 1974 WE; 1975 XX ₅ ; 1977 FY
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.

(2248) Kanda ( 1933 DE ; 1944 FA ; 1949 BD ; 1949 DG ; 1958 XC ₁ ; 1974 SO ₄ ; 1974 WE ; 1975 XX ₅ ; 1977 FY ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was released on February 27, 1933 by the German Astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was discovered at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024). The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

designation

(2248) Kanda was named after Shigeru Kanda (1894–1974). He worked at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory from 1920 to 1973 and was a leading figure in amateur astronomy in Japan, and has published on observations of asteroids, comets and variable stars as well as the history of Chinese and Japanese astronomy. He wrote several books and began publishing the Kanda Circular for amateur astronomers in 1926 . He later founded the Kanda Astronomical Society , which then became the Japan Astronomy Study Group .

Web links

(2248) Kanda in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
(2248) Kanda 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. 183 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 1, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Shigeru Kanda ( 1894–1974) ”

[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. 183 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on November 1, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Shigeru Kanda ( 1894–1974) ”