(2267) Agassiz
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Asteroid (2267) Agassiz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.218 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.911 AU - 2.525 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.952 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 328.575 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 300.078 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 4th October 2016 |
| Sidereal period | 3.30 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.094 ± 0.100 km |
| Albedo | 0.226 ± 0.048 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Oak Ridge Observatory |
| Date of discovery | September 9, 1977 |
| Another name | 1977 RF ; 1933 BB 1 ; 1973 FJ 1 ; 1976 JB |
| 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. | |
(2267) Agassiz ( 1977 RF ; 1933 BB 1 ; 1973 FJ 1 ; 1976 JB ) is a main inner belt asteroid that was found on September 9, 1977 at the Oak Ridge Observatory of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Harvard, Massachusetts ( IAU code 801) was discovered.
designation
(2267) Agassiz was named after the Swiss - American naturalist Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), who was a professor at Harvard University . His son Alexander Agassiz was a zoologist and oceanographer . The Agassiz Station (second name of the Oak Ridge Observatory) is named after his grandson George Agassiz . The Martian crater Agassiz was also named after him.
Web links
- (2267) Agassiz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2267) Agassiz 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. 185 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [accessed on November 3, 2017] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( 1807–1873) ”