(2500) Alascattalo
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Asteroid (2500) Alascattalo |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2407 ± 0.00001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0988 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0194 ± 0.001 AU - 2.4619 ± 0.00009 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.9893 ± 0.0047 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 48.0031 ± 0.0342 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 160.6576 ± 0.4173 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 18, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.55 a ± 0.0675 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.481 ± 0.132 km |
| Albedo | 0.257 ± 0.013 |
| Rotation period | 2.751 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
.svg){kind=small} Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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| Date of discovery | April 2, 1926 |
| Another name | 1926 GC ; 1927 TA; 1946 FB; 1981 VD |
| 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. | |
(2500) Alascattalo ( 1926 GC ; 1927 TA ; 1946 FB ; 1981 VD ) is an approximately 16-kilometer asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on April 2, 1926 by the German (then: Weimar Republic ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory in Heidelberg -Königstuhl was discovered on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).
designation
(2500) Alascattalo was named on November 21, 1991 after the Alascattalo , a Chimera (mythological hybrid creature) between an elk and a walrus . This creature was bred by miners in the Klondike gold rush around 1900 . On Alascattalo Day , the first Sunday after the third Saturday in November, a four-minute parade takes place every year at 3 p.m. and stretches across just one alley.
See also
Web links
- (2500) Alascattalo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2500) Alascattalo 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): “1926 GC. Discovered 1926 Apr. 2 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. ”
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2499) Brunk | numbering | (2501) Lohja |