(2761) Eddington
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Asteroid (2761) Eddington |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0814 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1804 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5255 ± 0.0011 AU - 3.6373 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.1712 ± 0.0487 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 31.2875 ± 0.0711 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 99.7222 ± 0.7245 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | October 24, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 5.41 a ± 0.148 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.894 ± 0.305 km |
| Albedo | 0.101 ± 0.021 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | January 1, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 AE ; 1970 AW; 1974 VZ; 1976 GU 4 ; 1979 TT 1 ; 1979 US 1 |
| 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. | |
(2761) Eddington ( 1981 AE ; 1970 AW ; 1974 VZ ; 1976 GU 4 ; 1979 TT 1 ; 1979 US 1 ) is an approximately 10 miles large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on January 1, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).
designation
(2761) Eddington was named on the occasion of his 100th birthday after the astrophysicist Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944) from the United Kingdom . He made fundamental contributions to the exploration of the internal structure of stars and dealt with the theory of relativity . Eddington was President of the International Astronomical Union from 1938 to 1943 . The Eddington lunar crater is also named after him.
See also
Web links
- (2761) Eddington in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2761) Eddington in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
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): “1981 AE. Discovered 1981 Jan. 1 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2760) Kacha | numbering | (2762) Fowler |