(2488) Bryan
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Asteroid (2488) Bryan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2633 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.225 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.754 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.7725 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.8933 ± 0.045 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 62.3173 ± 0.358 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 301.0779 ± 0.3729 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 12, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.4 a ± 0.0695 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.413 ± 0.038 km |
| Albedo | 0.300 ± 0.079 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | October 23, 1952 |
| Another name | 1952 UT ; 1969 TN 3 ; 1976 YW 4 |
| 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. | |
(2488) Bryan ( 1952 UT ; 1969 TN 3 ; 1976 YW 4 ) is an approximately four kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on October 23, 1952 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760) was discovered. A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.
designation
(2488) Bryan was named after the American astronomer William Lowe Bryan (1860–1955), who was president of Indiana University Bloomington from 1902 to 1937 . In 1903 he was elected President of the American Psychological Association . Two years before the retirement of the American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood , after whom the asteroid (1578) Kirkwood is named, he began to work on the faculty of Indiana University Bloomington.
See also
Web links
- (2488) Bryan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2488) Bryan 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 14, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1952 UT. Discovered 1952 Oct. 23 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "