(2499) Brunk
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Asteroid (2499) Brunk |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0968 ± 0.00002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.131 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6912 ± 0.001 AU - 3.5025 ± 0.00002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.7540 ± 0.0371 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 192.3061 ± 0.0003 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 54.1278 ± 0.0003 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 26, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.45 a ± 0.1487 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.879 ± 0.215 km |
| Albedo | 0.092 ± 0.015 |
| Rotation period | 5.88693 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Eleanor Helin , scolding John Bus
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| Date of discovery | November 7, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 VJ 7 ; 1975 EN 3 ; 1975 EX 2 ; 1977 RE 5 |
| 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. | |
(2499) Brunk ( 1978 VJ 7 ; 1975 EN 3 ; 1975 EX 2 ; 1977 RE 5 ) is an approximately 16 km large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on November 7, 1978 by the American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Schelte John Bus was discovered at the Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego ( IAU code 675). It belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2499) Brunk was named after the American astronomer William E. Brunk (* 1928), who worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - he headed the Planetary Astronomy Program .
See also
Web links
- (2499) Brunk in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2499) Brunk in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
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): “1978 VJ 7 . Discovered 1978 Nov. 7 by EM Shoemaker and EF Helin and SJ Bus at Palomar. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2498) Tsesevich | numbering | (2500) Alascattalo |