(27718) Gouda
Asteroid (27718) Gouda |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
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
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
- ↑ Proper Elements from (27718) Gouda in the AstDyS-2 database (English)