(25930) Spielberg
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Asteroid (25930) Spielberg |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2764 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1775 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8723 AU - 2.6805 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.9715 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 135.2723 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 169.3738 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.43 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.74 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | WKY Yeung |
| Date of discovery | February 21, 2001 |
| Another name | 2001 DJ 54 , 1998 KE 46 , 1999 XF 159 |
| 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. | |
(25930) Spielberg is an asteroid of the main belt . It was discovered on February 21, 2001 by the Chinese-born Canadian astronomer William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Beaver Observatory ( IAU code 919) in Arizona .
The asteroid was named after the American film director , film producer and screenwriter Steven Spielberg (* 1946), who received three Academy Awards for his work .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Spielberg: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (25930) Spielberg in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (25930) Spielberg in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).