(2392) Jonathan Murray
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Asteroid (2392) Jonathan Murray |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3438 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1541 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9827 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.7049 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.3687 ± 0.0389 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 141.1782 ± 0.6172 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 302.7477 ± 0.6295 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 29, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.59 a ± 0.0714 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 10.440 ± 0.074 km |
| Albedo | 0.058 ± 0.016 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eleanor Helin , scolding John Bus |
| Date of discovery | June 25, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 MN 1 ; 1969 VK 1 ; 1974 CW; 1976 SR 9 |
| 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. | |
(2392) Jonathan Murray ( 1979 MN 1 ; 1969 VK 1 ; 1974 CW ; 1976 SR 9 ) is an approximately ten kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on June 25, 1979 by the American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Schelte John Bus was discovered at the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260).
designation
(2392) Jonathan Murray was named for the son of Bruce and Suzanne Murray, long-time friends of the explorers Eleanor Helin and Schelte John Bus. The asteroid was discovered a few weeks before Jonathan Murray was born on July 19, 1979.
See also
Web links
- (2392) Jonathan Murray in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2392) Jonathan Murray 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 6, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 MN 1 . Discovered 1979 June 25 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "