(2543) Machado
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Asteroid (2543) Machado |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.097 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2826 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2216 ± 0.0014 AU - 3.9723 ± 0.0003 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.0441 ± 0.0049 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 40.8908 ± 0.018 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 286.2291 ± 0.2087 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 14, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.45 a ± 0.2273 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 14.473 ± 0.194 km |
| Albedo | 0.336 ± 0.053 |
| Rotation period | 31.72 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Henri Debehogne
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| Date of discovery | June 1, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 LJ ; 1943 UB; 1948 QP; 1959 SL; 1976 YQ 6 ; 1981 RN 1 |
| 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. | |
(2543) Machado ( 1980 LJ ; 1943 UB ; 1948 QP ; 1959 SL ; 1976 YQ 6 ; 1981 RN 1 ) is an approximately 14 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on June 1, 1980 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne on La- Silla observatory where La Silla was discovered in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809).
designation
(2543) Machado was named after the astronomer Luiz Eduardo da Silva Machado (? –1992) who was director of the Valongo observatory and professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro . He co-founded the asteroid discovery program at the European Southern Observatory (IAU code 262).
See also
Web links
- (2543) Machado in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2543) Machado 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 21, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 LJ. Discovered 1980 June 1 by H. Debehogne at La Silla. ”
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2542) Calpurnia | numbering | (2544) Gubarev |