(2589) Daniel

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Asteroid
(2589) Daniel
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8802 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.0806 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6481 ± 0.001 AU - 3.1122 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.6218 ± 0.0355 °
Length of the ascending node 148.9119 ± 0.7444 °
Argument of the periapsis 208.5353 ± 0.7731 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 31, 2019
Sidereal period 4.89 a ± 0.1091 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 9.427 ± 0.333 km
Albedo 0.218 ± 0.025
Absolute brightness 13.3 mag
history
Explorer SwedenSweden Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
Date of discovery 22nd August 1979
Another name 1979 QU 2 ; 1955 VA 1 ; 1975 VJ 1 ; 1975 XZ 6 ; 1978 JZ 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.

(2589) Daniel ( 1979 QU 2 ; 1955 VA 1 ; 1975 VJ 1 ; 1975 XZ 6 ; 1978 JZ 1 ) is an approximately nine kilometer asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on August 22, 1979 by the Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist on La Silla observatory on which La Silla was discovered in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809). It belongs to the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

designation

(2589) Daniel was named by the explorer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist after his son Daniel Lagerkvist .

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 24, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 QU 2 . Discovered 1979 Aug. 22 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2588) Flavia numbering (2590) Mourao