(2496) Fernandus
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Asteroid (2496) Fernandus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1702 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0333 ± 0.000003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.098 ± 0.0006 AU - 2.2425 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.9183 ± 0.0331 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 163.3077 ± 0.0002 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 291.7209 ± 0.0002 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 26, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.2 a ± 0.0415 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.687 ± 0.075 km |
| Albedo | 0.314 ± 0.064 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | October 8, 1953 |
| Another name | 1953 TC 1 ; 1969 TX 4 ; 1972 RB 3 ; 1972 TN; 1974 CV; 1974 EK |
| 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. | |
(2496) Fernandus ( 1953 TC 1 ; 1969 TX 4 ; 1972 RB 3 ; 1972 TN ; 1974 CV ; 1974 EK ) is about six kilometers in asteroid of the inner main belt , of October 8, 1953 under the Indiana asteroid Programs on Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.
designation
(2496) Fernandus was named after Fernandus Payne (1881-1977) who was dean of the graduate school and head of the department of zoology at Indiana University Bloomington from 1927 to 1947 and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1942 to 1947. He was president of the American Society of Zoologists in 1931 and chaired the Association of American Universities' classification committee for 18 years . From 1951 he was for a year deputy director of biological and medical sciences of the National Science Foundation . The name was suggested by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson .
See also
Web links
- (2496) Fernandus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2496) Fernandus 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): “1953 TC 1 . Discovered 1953 Oct. 8 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2495) Noviomagum | numbering | (2497) Kulikovsky |