(2460) Mitlincoln
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Asteroid (2460) Mitlincoln |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2571 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1094 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0102 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.504 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.7411 ± 0.0394 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 176.1161 ± 0.0503 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 303.7146 ± 0.5386 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 25, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.39 a ± 0.0051 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.263 ± 0.224 km |
| Albedo | 0.203 ± 0.018 |
| Rotation period | 3.01 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Laurence G. Taff , Dave E. Beatty
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| Date of discovery | 2nd November 1975 |
| Another name | 1980 TX 4 ; 1931 EK; 1941 BG; 1951 AL 1 ; 1952 MM; 1960 XA; 1970 SB 1 ; 1970 WO; 1972 HC; 1973 QP; 1975 EG; 1980 RR 4 ; 1980 TW 3 |
| 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. | |
(2460) Mitlincoln ( 1980 TX 4 ; 1931 EK ; 1941 BG ; 1951 AL 1 ; 1952 MM ; 1960 XA ; 1970 SB 1 ; 1970 WO ; 1972 HC ; 1973 QP ; 1975 EG ; 1980 RR 4 ; 1980 TW 3 ) an approximately nine kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on November 2, 1975 by US astronomers Laurence G. Taff and Dave E. Beatty at the New Mexico Tech Remote Observatory (then: Joint Obs. for cometary research, Socorro ) in was discovered near Socorro , New Mexico ( IAU code 702).
designation
(2460) Mitlincoln was named after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (Lincoln Institute for the Study of Near Earth Asteroids ).
See also
Web links
- (2460) Mitlincoln in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2460) Mitlincoln 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 12, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 TX 4 . Discovered 1980 Oct. 1 by LG Taff and D. Beatty at Socorro. "