(24105) Broughton
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Asteroid (24105) Broughton |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3408 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0409 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2450 AU - 2.4366 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.3517 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 310.7365 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 165.8106 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.58 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.46 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Charles W. Juels |
| Date of discovery | November 9, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 VE 10 , 1997 BV 6 |
| 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. | |
(24105) Broughton is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US on November 9, 1999 by amateur astronomer Charles W. Juel at Fountain Hills Observatory ( observatory code 678) in Fountain Hills in the state of Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on November 26, 2004 after the Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton (* 1952), who discovered more than 1000 asteroids at the Reedy Creek Observatory in Queensland .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Broughton: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24105) Broughton in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (24105) Broughton in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).