(2625) Jack London

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Asteroid
(2625) Jack London
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.1958 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1412 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8858 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.5057 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.4607 ± 0.0362 °
Length of the ascending node 128.7337 ± 0.6474 °
Argument of the periapsis 170.6083 ± 0.0068 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 2nd March 2019
Sidereal period 3.25 a ± 0.0626 d
Physical Properties
Rotation period 2,988 h
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych
Date of discovery May 2, 1976
Another name 1976 JQ 2 ; 1934 NC 1 ; 1979 HZ 1
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(2625) Jack London ( 1976 JQ 2 ; 1934 NC 1 ; 1979 HZ 1 ) is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on May 2, 1976 by the Russian (then: Soviet Union ) astronomer Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory (Nautschnyj branch) was discovered on the Crimean peninsula ( IAU code 095).

designation

(2625) Jack London was named after the famous American writer Jack London (1876–1916).

See also

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 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 JQ 2 . Discovered 1976 May 2 by NS Chernykh at Nauchnyj. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2623) Zech numbering (2626) Belnika