(2762) Fowler
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Asteroid (2762) Fowler |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3304 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1527 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9745 ± 0.001 AU - 2.6863 ± 0.00001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.706 ± 0.0453 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 304.065 ± 0.5775 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 186.2783 ± 0.06 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 21, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 3.56 a ± 0.0702 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 4.467 ± 0.102 km |
| Albedo | 0.646 ± 0.095 |
| Rotation period | 5.295 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Cb |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | January 14, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 AT ; 1930 YM; 1935 FH; 1942 EE; 1949 AD; 1956 AD; 1974 DB 2 |
| 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. | |
(2762) Fowler ( 1981 AT ; 1930 YM ; 1935 FH ; 1942 EE ; 1949 AD ; 1956 AD ; 1974 DB 2 ) is an approximately four kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on January 14, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell was discovered at Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).
designation
(2762) Fowler was named after the physicist and astronomer for theoretical astrophysics Ralph Howard Fowler (1889-1944) from the United Kingdom . Among his discoveries is the state of the material from white dwarfs . A moon crater was also named after Fowler .
See also
Web links
- (2762) Fowler in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2762) Fowler 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): “1981 AT. Discovered 1981 Jan. 14 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2761) Eddington | numbering | (2763) Jeans |