(2326) Tololo
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Asteroid (2326) Tololo |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Brasilia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8605 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1584 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4073 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.3137 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.1465 ± 0.0439 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 155.8217 ± 0.1534 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 259.6317 ± 0.2032 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 23 August 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 4.84 a ± 0.1334 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 42.55 ± 0.113 km |
| Albedo | 0.047 ± 0.007 |
| Rotation period | 9.488 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Date of discovery | August 29, 1965 |
| Another name | 1965 QC ; 1931 RZ; 1936 SF; 1941 SF 2 ; 1969 MB; 1973 GH 1 ; 1979 MB |
| 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. | |
(2326) Tololo ( 1965 QC ; 1931 RZ ; 1936 SF ; 1941 SF 2 ; 1969 MB ; 1973 GH 1 ; 1979 MB ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt that was found on August 29, 1965 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program on the Goethe- Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.
designation
(2326) Tololo was named after the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory , which is located about 80 km east of La Serena in Chile and was founded on November 23, 1962. It is funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). The name was suggested by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson .
See also
Web links
- (2326) Tololo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2326) Tololo in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
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 3, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1965 QC. Discovered 1965 Aug. 29 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. ”