(22740) Rayleigh
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Asteroid (22740) Rayleigh |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2425 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2129 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5521 AU - 3.9330 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1154 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.84 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.3 mag |
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| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 20, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 SX 146 , 1986 SN |
| 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. | |
(22740) Rayleigh is a main outer belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1998 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory .
It is one of the few celestial bodies that has a 2: 1 resonance to Jupiter .
The asteroid is named after the discoverer of the noble gas argon , the British physicist John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Rayleigh: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (22740) Rayleigh in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (22740) Rayleigh in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).