(2753) Duncan
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Asteroid (2753) Duncan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7901 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0371 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6867 ± 0.001 AU - 2.8936 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.8567 ± 0.0511 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 344.4267 ± 0.3397 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 129.2616 ± 0.7988 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 2nd January 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 4.66 a ± 0.1236 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 19.173 ± 0.082 km |
| Albedo | 0.046 ± 0.005 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | 18th February 1966 |
| Another name | 1966 DH ; 1952 DH 1 ; 1966 FL; 1973 UP; 1976 JC 1 ; 1978 World Cup; 1980 IT |
| 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. | |
(2753) Duncan ( 1966 DH ; 1952 DH 1 ; 1966 FL ; 1973 UP ; 1976 JC 1 ; 1978 WM ; 1980 ES ) is an approximately 19 km large asteroid of the central main belt that formed on February 18, 1966 as part of the Indiana asteroid Programs at the Goethe Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760). A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.
designation
(2753) Duncan was named after the American astronomer John Charles Duncan (1882-1967), who was a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and at Harvard University and Radcliffe College until 1916 and at Wellesley College until his retirement in 1950 Taught astronomy . He then taught at the University of Arizona for 14 years . His textbook on astronomy was published in the first edition in 1916 and in the fifth edition in 1955.
See also
Web links
- (2753) Duncan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2753) Duncan 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 11, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1966 DH. Discovered 1966 Feb. 18 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2752) Wu Chien-Shiung | numbering | (2754) Efimov |