(2590) Mourao

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Asteroid
(2590) Mourão
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Asteroid family Vesta family
Major semi-axis 2.342 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1184 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0647 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.6193 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.1361 ± 0.0398 °
Length of the ascending node 223.6824 ± 0.3106 °
Argument of the periapsis 165.6863 ± 0.3399 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 19th September 2017
Sidereal period 3.58 a ± 0.0587 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 7.880 ± 1.058 km
Albedo 0.605 ± 0.296
Rotation period 15.59 h
Absolute brightness 12.4 mag
history
Explorer BelgiumBelgium Henri Debehogne
Date of discovery May 22, 1980
Another name 1980 KJ ; 1949 WP; 1963 SM; 1974 UN; 1974 VG 2 ; 1974 XK
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(2590) Mourão ( 1980 KJ ; 1949 WP ; 1963 SM ; 1974 UN ; 1974 VG 2 ; 1974 XK ) is an approximately eight kilometer asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on May 22, 1980 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne on La-Silla -Observatory on which La Silla was discovered in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809). It belongs to the Vesta family , a group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta .

designation

(2590) Mourão was named after the astronomer Ronaldo Rogério de Freitas Mourão (* 1935), who worked at the Observatório Nacional in Rio de Janeiro and explored binary stars , asteroids and comets . He has participated in a comprehensive program for observing asteroids at the European Southern Observatory , is the author of several astronomical books and founder of the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins , the Brazilian museum of astronomy in Rio de Janeiro .

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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): “1980 KJ. Discovered 1980 May 22 by H. Debehogne at La Silla. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2589) Daniel numbering (2591) Dvoretsky