(2527) Gregory
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Asteroid (2527) Gregory |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4651 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1865 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0053 AU - 2.9250 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6162 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 186.2895 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 177.7130 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.87 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.97 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 6.1025 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII B |
| history | |
| Explorer | Norman G. Thomas |
| Date of discovery | 3rd September 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 RE , 1950 RE 1 , 1954 TA, 1954 UT, 1962 WU 1 , 1977 RK 1 , 1980 KC, 1981 TR 2 |
| 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. | |
(2527) Gregory is an asteroid of the main belt , which on September 3, 1981 by the American US astronomer Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory ( observatory code 688) in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Scottish mathematician and astronomer James Gregory (1638–1675), who in 1670 developed the Gregory telescope named after him , which was widely used until around 1800.
See also
Web links
- (2527) Gregory: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA (English)
- (2527) Gregory in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2527) Gregory in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).