(2441) Hibbs

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Asteroid
(2441) Hibbs
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.4084 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1935 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9424 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.8744 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.7427 ± 0.0357 °
Length of the ascending node 140.1295 ± 0.5382 °
Argument of the periapsis 216.9049 ± 0.5838 °
Time of passage of the perihelion February 15, 2021
Sidereal period 3.74 a ± 0.0705 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 9.93 ± 0.8 km
Albedo 0.0494 ± 0.009
Rotation period 5.926 h
Absolute brightness 13.9 likes
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Scolded John Bus , Eleanor HelinUnited StatesUnited States 
Date of discovery June 25, 1979
Another name 1979 MN 2 ; 1957 UK; 1972 TH 2 ; 1976 YA 3 ; 1977 AJ
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(2441) Hibbs ( 1979 MN 2 ; 1957 UK ; 1972 TH 2 ; 1976 YA 3 ; 1977 AJ ) is an approximately ten kilometer asteroid of the main inner belt that was scolded on June 25, 1979 by the American astronomers John Bus and Eleanor Helin was discovered at the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260).

designation

(2441) Hibbs was named after Al and Marka Hibbs , friends of the explorer Eleanor Helin.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 12, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 MN 2 . Discovered 1979 June 25 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "