(2658) Gingerich
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Asteroid (2658) Gingerich |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0652 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2901 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1759 ± 0.0014 AU - 3.9545 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.4988 ± 0.0559 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 214.0066 ± 0.2228 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 321.6391 ± 0.2338 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 26, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 5.37 a ± 0.1513 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 11.808 ± 0.093 km |
| Albedo | 0.139 ± 0.023 |
| Rotation period | 2.9392 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Richard Eugene McCrosky , Cheng-yuan Shao , G. Schwartz , JH Bulger
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| Date of discovery | February 13, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 CK ; 1932 HH; 1959 JO; 1975 JK |
| 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. | |
(2658) Gingerich ( 1980 CK ; 1932 HH ; 1959 JO ; 1975 JK ) is an approximately twelve kilometer large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on February 13, 1980 by the American astronomers Richard Eugene McCrosky , Cheng-yuan Shao , G Schwartz and JH Bulger at the Oak Ridge Observatory (then part of the Harvard College Observatory as Agassiz Station ) ( IAU code 801).
designation
(2658) Gingerich was named after the American astronomer Owen Gingerich (* 1930), a former professor of astronomy and the history of science at Harvard University and an astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory .
See also
Web links
- (2658) Gingerich in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2658) Gingerich 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 September 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 CK. Discovered 1980 Feb. 13 at the Harvard College Observatory at Harvard. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2657) Bashkiria | numbering | (2659) Millis |