(2555) Thomas
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Asteroid (2555) Skiff |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8697 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0832 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6311 AU - 3.1083 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8996 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.86 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.58 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | 17th July 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 OC, 1961 US, 1971 UZ 2 , 1976 YQ |
| 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. | |
(2555) Thomas 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 was named after the American astronomer Norman G. Thomas . He worked at the Lowell Observatory and preferred to use a blinking comparator to track down asteroids .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Thomas: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2555) Thomas in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (2555) Thomas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).