(2324) Janice
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Asteroid (2324) Janice |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0834 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1803 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5275 ± 0.001 AU - 3.6394 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.3996 ± 0.0346 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 315.6518 ± 0.0005 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 305.6394 ± 0.0005 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 10, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.41 a ± 0.1506 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 28.463 ± 0.354 km |
| Albedo | 0.06 ± 0.005 |
| Rotation period | 23.2 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eleanor Helin , scolding John Bus |
| Date of discovery | November 7, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 VS 4 ; 1929 WH; 1934 VR; 1949 ME; 1961 UP; 1971 OC 1 ; 1975 EM 2 ; 1977 RY 4 ; A911 MC |
| 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. | |
(2324) Janice ( 1978 VS 4 ; 1929 WH ; 1934 VR ; 1949 ME ; 1961 UP ; 1971 OC 1 ; 1975 EM 2 ; 1977 RY 4 ; A911 MC ) is an asteroid of the main outer belt that occurred on November 7, 1978 from by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin and the American astronomer Schelte John Bus at the Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego ( IAU code 675).
designation
(2324) Janice was named after Janice Cline , who for years spent years researching asteroids at the California Institute of Technology .
See also
Web links
- (2324) Janice in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2324) Janice 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. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1978 VS 4 . Discovered 1978 Nov. 7 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Palomar. "