(2660) Aquarius
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Asteroid (2660) Aquarius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6196 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1683 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1788 ± 0.0008 AU - 3.0604 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.3362 ± 0.0519 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 203.8546 ± 0.0173 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 86.8261 ± 0.2358 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | March 16, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 4.24 a ± 0.0966 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.232 ± 0.187 km |
| Albedo | 0.300 ± 0.044 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | March 21, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 FG ; 1974 KG; 1975 VZ 2 ; 1979 SC 2 ; A924 SA |
| 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. | |
(2660) Wasserman ( 1982 FG ; 1974 KG ; 1975 VZ 2 ; 1979 SC 2 ; A924 SA ) is an approximately nine kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on March 21, 1982 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell on the Lowell- Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688). It belongs to the Eunomia family, a group of asteroids named after (15) Eunomia .
designation
(2660) Wasserman was named after the American astronomer Lawrence H. Wasserman , who is a planetary astronomer at the Lowell Observatory (IAU code 690).
See also
Web links
- (2660) Wasserman in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2660) Wasserman 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 September 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1982 FG. Discovered 1982 Mar. 21 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2659) Millis | numbering | (2661) Bydžovský |