(26734) Terryfarrell
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Asteroid (26734) Terryfarrell |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5256 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1238 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2129 AU - 2.8382 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.5733 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 185.7710 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 346.7496 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.01 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.75 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | William Kwong Yu Yeung |
| Date of discovery | April 23, 2001 |
| Another name | 2001 HG 16 , 1998 QA 43 , 2000 AA 172 |
| 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. | |
(26734) Terryfarrell is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on April 23, 2001 by Canadian astronomer of Hong Kong origin William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Beaver Observatory near Eloy , Arizona ( IAU code 919). Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had previously occurred on August 17 and 23, 1998 (1998 QA 43 ) and in 2000 (2000 AA 172 ) at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test System in Socorro , New Mexico .
The asteroid was named on March 28, 2002 at the suggestion of William Kwong Yu Yeung after Terry Farrell , a former model of the Elite Model Management agency . Terry Farrell is best known as an actress. Her most famous role was that of Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Another Deep Space Nine actress, after whom an asteroid discovered by William Kwong Yu Yeung is named, is Nana Visitor . The asteroid (26733) Nanavisitor is named after her.
Web links
- (26734) Terryfarrell in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (26734) Terryfarrell in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances by (26734) Terryfarrell according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (26734) Terryfarrell at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)