(2615) Saito
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Asteroid (2615) Saito |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Asteroid family | Hygiea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3382 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1682 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9449 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.7316 ± 0.00001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.9143 ± 0.0358 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 105.5381 ± 0.3136 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 228.1628 ± 0.3326 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 14, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.58 a ± 0.0681 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.555 ± 0.244 km |
| Albedo | 0.088 ± 0.009 |
| Rotation period | 14.960 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.0 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
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| Date of discovery | 4th September 1951 |
| Another name | 1951 RJ ; 1955 FC 2 ; 1967 JS; 1979 OD 13 ; 1979 QB 8 |
| 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. | |
(2615) Saito ( 1951 RJ ; 1955 FC 2 ; 1967 JS ; 1979 OD 13 ; 1979 QB 8 ) is an approximately 16-kilometer asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered on September 4, 1951 by the German (then: Federal Republic of Germany ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was discovered at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024). It belongs to the Hygiea family, a group of asteroids named after (10) Hygiea .
designation
(2615) Saito was named after the astrophysicist Keiji Saito , who studied the physics of comets and meteors at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory from 1961 to 1985 . During his studies he was one of the discoverers of the recurring Nova T Coronae Borealis when it appeared in 1946.
See also
Web links
- (2615) Saito in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2615) Saito in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1951 RJ. Discovered 1951 Sept. 4 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2614) Torrence | numbering | (2616) Lesya |