(2370) van Altena
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Asteroid (2370) van Altena |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7146 ± 0.00001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1824 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2194 ± 0.00001 AU - 3.2097 ± 0.00002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.2652 ± 0.0488 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 10.3262 ± 0.262 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 315.2430 ± 0.2962 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 28th July 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 4.47 a ± 0.1272 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.032 ± 0.067 km |
| Albedo | 0.054 ± 0.002 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Cb |
| history | |
| Explorer | Arnold R. Klemola |
| Date of discovery | June 10, 1965 |
| Another name | 1965 LA ; 1974 OY |
| 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. | |
(2370) van Altena ( 1965 LA ; 1974 OY ) is an approximately 15 km large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on June 10, 1965 by the American astronomer Arnold R. Klemola at the Yale-Columbia Southern Station on the Felix-Aguilar- Observatory ( IAU code 077) was discovered.
designation
(2370) van Altena was named after William F. van Altena (* 1939), a well-known astrometrician at Yale University Observatory (IAU codes 797/798). His activities included work on star motions and parallaxes , including a revised edition of the Yale catalog .
See also
Web links
- (2370) van Altena in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2370) van Altena 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 5, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1965 LA. Discovered 1965 June 10 by AR Klemola at El Leoncito. ”