(2518) Rutllant
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Asteroid (2518) ruthlant |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3085 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1729 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9093 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.7077 ± 0.00001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.9258 ± 0.0464 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 205.5778 ± 0.3939 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 38.8464 ± 0.4234 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 3, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.51 a ± 0.0007 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 3.162 ± 0.211 km |
| Albedo | 0.771 ± 0.049 |
| Rotation period | 3.651 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Carlos Torres
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| Date of discovery | March 22, 1974 |
| Another name | 1974 FG ; 1974 HU; 1978 NA 3 |
| 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. | |
(2518) Rutllant ( 1974 FG ; 1974 HU ; 1978 NA 3 ) is an approximately three-kilometer asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on March 22, 1974 by the Chilean astronomer Carlos Torres at the Cerro El Roble observatory on Cerro El Roble in the National Park La Campana in the Región de Valparaíso in Chile ( IAU code 805) was discovered.
designation
(2518) Rutllant was named after the astronomer Federico Rutllant Alcina (1904–1971) who was director of the National Astronomical Observatory in Chile from 1953 to 1963 and later professor of mathematics at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Valparaíso . One of his most important contributions was the relocation of the observatory from Lo Espejo to Santiago-Cerro Calan (IAU code 806).
See also
Web links
- (2518) Rutllant in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2518) Rutllant 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 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1974 FG. Discovered 1974 Mar. 22 by C. Torres at Cerro El Roble. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2517) Orma | numbering | (2519) Annagerman |