(2673) Lossignol

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Asteroid
(2673) Lossignol
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.2069 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1511 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7223 ± 0.0015 AU - 3.6915 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.2773 ± 0.0484 °
Length of the ascending node 71.384 ± 0.0001 °
Argument of the periapsis 179.0317 ± 0.0001 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 12, 2021
Sidereal period 5.74 a ± 0.1914 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 15.119 ± 0.160 km
Albedo 0.077 ± 0.014
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer BelgiumBelgium Henri Debehogne
Date of discovery May 22, 1980
Another name 1980 KN ; 1957 JD; 1968 YOU
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(2673) Lossignol ( 1980 KN ; 1957 JD ; 1968 DU ) is an approximately 15 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on May 22, 1980 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory on La Silla in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809) was discovered. It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

designation

(2673) Lossignol was named after the Lossignol family who were friends of the explorer Henri Debehogne.

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 September 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 KN. Discovered 1980 May 22 by H. Debehogne at La Silla. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2672) Písek numbering (2674) Pandarus