(23989) Farpoint
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Asteroid (23989) Farpoint |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6151 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1926 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1115 AU - 3.1186 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.6215 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 174.2189 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 207.6236 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.23 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.40 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Gary Hug Graham E. Bell |
| Date of discovery | September 3, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 RF , 1997 GG 4 |
| 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. | |
(23989) Farpoint is an asteroid of the main belt , which by on 3 September 1999 American US amateur astronomer Gary Hug and Graham E. Bell at Farpoint Observatory ( IAU code 734) in Kansas was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the location of its discovery, the Farpoint Observatory.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Farpoint: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (23989) Farpoint in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (23989) Farpoint in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).