(2361) Gogol
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Asteroid (2361) Gogol |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1363 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1422 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6902 AU - 3.5823 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.6223 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 42.9709 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 85.2042 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 1, 2014 |
| Sidereal period | 5.55 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.82 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 22.244 km (± 0.207) |
| Albedo | 0.057 (± 0.009) |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Nikolai Tschernych |
| Date of discovery | April 1, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 GQ 1 , 1929 WJ, 1968 UB 1 , 1970 EK 1 , 1976 JE |
| 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. | |
(2361) Gogol is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered by the Soviet astronomer Nikolai Tschernych on April 1, 1976 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already been made on November 27, 1929 under the provisional designation 1929 WJ at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona , in October 1968 (1968 UB 1 ) at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj and on March 2, 1970 (1970 EK 1 ) given at the Chilean observatory Cerro El Roble .
The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated to be 22.244 km (± 0.207). The albedo of 0.057 (± 0.009) indicates a dark surface.
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis . According to the SMASS classification ( Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey ), a spectroscopic investigation by Gianluca Masi , Sergio Foglia and Richard P. Binzel at (2361) Gogol assumed a dark surface, so it could, roughly speaking, be around trade a C asteroid .
(2361) Gogol was named on March 28, 1983 after the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). In 1985, an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of the planet Mercury was named after Nikolai Gogol: Mercury crater Gogol .
Web links
- (2361) Gogol in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2361) Gogol in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (2361) Gogol at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- ^ Gianluca Masi, Sergio Foglia, Richard P. Binzel: Search for Unusual Spectroscopic Candidates Among 40313 minor planets from the 3rd Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog . (English)
- ↑ subdivision of asteroids to S-types, C-types and V-types (English)
- ^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 . Page 192 (English)
- ↑ The Mercury crater Gogol in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)