(2466) Golson
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Asteroid (2466) Golson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6379 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1631 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2078 ± 0.0009 AU - 3.068 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.0871 ± 0.0395 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 159.7065 ± 0.4211 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 195.3708 ± 0.4372 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 2nd September 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 4.28 a ± 0.0946 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 23.709 ± 0.120 km |
| Albedo | 0.028 ± 0.009 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | 7th September 1959 |
| Another name | 1959 RJ ; 1929 SL; 1951 YL 1 ; 1959 TC; 1964 YD; 1976 QT |
| 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. | |
(2466) Golson ( 1959 RJ ; 1929 SL ; 1951 YL 1 ; 1959 TC ; 1964 YD ; 1976 QT ) is an approximately 15 miles large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on November 7, 1959 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program on the Goethe- Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.
designation
(2466) Golson was named after John C. Golson (1927-1984), the first employee at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (IAU code 695). The observatory is located on the summit of Kitt Peak in the Sonoran Desert , 40 miles southwest of Tucson , Arizona . Golson was hired by the American astronomer Aden Meinel , after whom the asteroid (4065) Meinel is named.
See also
Web links
- (2466) Golson in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2466) Golson 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): “1959 RJ. Discovered 1959 Sept. 7 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "