(25058) Shanegould
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Asteroid (25058) Shanegould |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Astraea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5990 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0759 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4018 AU - 2.7961 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.4797 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.19 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.48 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | John Broughton |
| Date of discovery | August 25, 1998 |
| Another name | 1998 QO 63 , 1976 JL 5 , 1999 VT 172 |
| 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. | |
(25058) Shanegould is an asteroid of the Main Belt . It was discovered on August 25, 1998 by the Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton at the Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428) in Queensland .
The asteroid was named after the Australian swimmer and Olympic champion Shane Gould (* 1956).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Shanegould: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (25058) Shanegould in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (25058) Shanegould in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).