(24654) Fossett
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Asteroid (24654) Fossett |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 1.8949 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1643 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.5835 AU - 2.2062 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 27.3437 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.61 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 21.63 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 6.004 h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
C. Shoemaker E. Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | May 29, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 KL, 2000 CL 40 |
| 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. | |
(24654) Fossett is the orbit of Mars grazing asteroid of the main belt , which on 29 May 1987 by the astronomer Carolyn Jean Spellman Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American adventurer , aviation pioneer and balloonist Steve Fossett (1944–2007), who was the first solo flier to circumnavigate the world in a balloon .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Fossett: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24654) Fossett in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (24654) Fossett in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).