(2618) Coonabarabran
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Asteroid (2618) Coonabarabran |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0212 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1185 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6632 ± 0.0013 AU - 3.3791 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.23 ± 0.0466 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 281.2851 ± 0.2776 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 77.2597 ± 0.3354 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | February 12, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 5.25 a ± 0.1703 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 12.361 ± 0.188 km |
| Albedo | 0.183 ± 0.017 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Scolded John Bus , Eleanor Helin
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| Date of discovery | June 25, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 MX 2 ; 1975 VP 6 ; 1975 XS 3 |
| 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. | |
(2618) Coonabarabran ( 1979 MX 2 ; 1975 VP 6 ; 1975 XS 3 ) is an approximately twelve kilometer large asteroid of the outer main belt that was scolded on June 25, 1979 by the American astronomers John Bus and Eleanor Helin at Siding Spring -Observatory near Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260) was discovered. It belongs to the Eos family, a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .
designation
(2618) Coonabarabran was named after the Australian city of Coonabarabran, which is home to the Siding Spring Observatory where the asteroid was discovered.
See also
Web links
- (2618) Coonabarabran in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2618) Coonabarabran in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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): “1979 MX 2 . Discovered 1979 June 25 by EF Helin and SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2617) Jiangxi | numbering | (2619) Skalnaté Pleso |