(2459) Spellmann
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Asteroid (2459) Spellmann |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0198 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0727 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8002 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.2394 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.6947 ± 0.0564 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 216.2011 ± 0.2519 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 220.5711 ± 0.4766 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 26, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.25 a ± 0.1703 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 17.831 ± 0.069 km |
| Albedo | 0.184 ± 0.025 |
| Rotation period | 6.5334 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Carolyn Shoemaker
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| Date of discovery | June 11, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 LB 1 ; 1929 TV; 1931 BM; 1931 BO; 1940 WN; 1950 TT 1 ; 1971 UZ 1 ; 1974 HH 2 ; 1979 YOU |
| 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. | |
(2459) Spellman ( 1980 LB 1 ; 1929 TV ; 1931 BM ; 1931 BO ; 1940 WN ; 1950 TT 1 ; 1971 UZ 1 ; 1974 HH 2 ; 1979 DU ) is an approximately 18 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt , of the 11 June 1980 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker on recordings by the American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Schelte John Bus at the Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego ( IAU code 675). It belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .
designation
(2459) Spellmann was named after Leonard Spellmann , the father of the explorer Carolyn Shoemaker.
See also
Web links
- (2459) Spellmann in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2459) Spellmann 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 12, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 LB 1 . Discovered 1980 June 11 by CS Shoemaker at Palomar. "