(2549) Baker

Asteroid (2549) Baker
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: 4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Themis family
Major semi-axis	3.1923 AU
eccentricity	0.1768
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6281 AU - 3.7566 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	0.0665 °
Length of the ascending node	193.9544 °
Argument of the periapsis	203.2382 °
Sidereal period	5.70 a
Mean orbital velocity	16.68 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	12.211 ± 0.213 km
Albedo	0.061
Absolute brightness	12.7 mag
history
Explorer	Norman G. Thomas
Date of discovery	October 23, 1976
Another name	1976 UR
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(2549) Baker is an asteroid of the main belt , on 23 October 1976 by astronomers of the Harvard College Observatory at Oak Ridge Observatory ( observatory code 801) in Harvard was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the American optician and astronomer James G. Baker named (1914-2005), the satellite camera Baker-Nunn and other optical systems for the aviation and aerospace development.

(2549) Baker belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

Individual evidence