(2600) guillemot

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Asteroid
(2600) guillemot
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0113 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.093 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7311 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.2914 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 11.7268 ± 0.0444 °
Length of the ascending node 95.3903 ± 0.2276 °
Argument of the periapsis 215.1319 ± 0.3396 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 30, 2021
Sidereal period 5.23 a ± 0.1681 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 15.063 ± 0.269 km
Albedo 0.196 ± 0.032
Absolute brightness 11.6 mag
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery November 9, 1980
Another name 1980 VP ; 1951 EC 1 ; 1975 VH 5
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.

(2600) Lumme ( 1980 VP ; 1951 EC 1 ; 1975 VH 5 ) is an approximately 15 km large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on November 9, 1980 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688). It belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .

designation

(2600) Lumme was named after the Finnish astronomer Kari Lumme , who worked at the University of Helsinki . He examined the scattering of light on the rings of Saturn .

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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): “1980 VP. Discovered 1980 Nov. 9 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2599) Veselí numbering (2601) Bologna