(2554) Skiff
Asteroid (2554) Skiff |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Levin family |
Major semi-axis | 2.2635 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1455 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9342 AU - 2.5929 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.8617 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 296.4299 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 333.8878 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 25.6 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | 17th July 1980 |
Another name | 1980 OB , 1931 AB, 1970 RE, 1976 GK 8 , 1976 HV |
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. |
(2554) Skiff is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 July 1980 by the US American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid belongs to the Levin family, a group of asteroids named after (2076) Levin .
(2554) Skiff was named after the American astronomer Brian A. Skiff . The employee on the LONEOS project found the missing asteroid (69230) Hermes in 2003 and also discovered several comets and asteroids.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Skiff: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2554) Skiff in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2554) Skiff in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (2554) Skiff in the AstDyS-2 database (English)