(27718) Gouda

Asteroid (27718) Gouda
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.3912  AU
eccentricity	0.1284
Perihelion - aphelion	2.0842 AU - 2.6983 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	7.7529 °
Length of the ascending node	216.5114 °
Argument of the periapsis	301.8227 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	17th July 2018
Sidereal period	3.70 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	14.8 mag
history
Explorer	Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery	April 2, 1989
Another name	1989 GH 3 , 1989 GA 5 , 1998 SH 161
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.

(27718) Gouda is an asteroid of the main inner belt . It was discovered on April 2, 1989 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).

The asteroid is in a 2 + 3-1- orbit resonance with Jupiter and Saturn .

Mean distance from the Sun ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of (27718) Gouda roughly correspond to the Vesta family, a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.

(27718) Gouda was named after the southern Dutch city ​​of Gouda on January 12, 2017 .

See also

• List of asteroids

Web links

• (27718) Gouda in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
• (27718) Gouda in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
• Discovery Circumstances of (27718) Gouda according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Proper Elements from (27718) Gouda in the AstDyS-2 database (English)