(2685) Masursky
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Asteroid (2685) Masursky |
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| Masursky (arrow) photographed by Cassini on January 23, 2000 | |
| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5678 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1118 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2809 AU - 2.8548 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.134 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.115 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.59 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15-20 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12,025 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | May 3, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 JN, 1950 VO, 1973 QF |
| 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. | |
(2685) Masursky is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from the on May 3, 1981 Astronomers Edward LG Bowell at Lowell Observatory was discovered. The celestial body was named in honor of the astronomer Harold Masursky .
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft passed the asteroid on January 23, 2000 with a maximum approach of 1.5 million kilometers and sent photographic images to Earth, which, however, do not show any details of the surface due to the large distance in relation to the size of the asteroid.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Leitenberger: Cassini and her mission: The space probe and mission to Saturn. In: www.bernd-leitenberger.de. Retrieved January 16, 2017 .