(2772) Dugan
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Asteroid (2772) Dugan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3141 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2046 ± 0.0003 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8408 ± 0.0007 AU - 2.7875 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.7891 ± 0.0329 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 130.5878 ± 0.2188 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 311.1451 ± 0.2338 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 7th July 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.52 a ± 0.0701 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.595 ± 0.137 km |
| Albedo | 0.073 ± 0.015 |
| Rotation period | ≈235 ± 70.5 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: B |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | December 14, 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 XE ; 1966 BV; 1968 TM; 1973 CG; A906 BC |
| 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. | |
(2772) Dugan ( 1979 XE ; 1966 BV ; 1968 TM ; 1973 CG ; A906 BC ) is an asteroid approximately ten kilometers in size of the main inner belt that was discovered on December 14, 1979 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688) was discovered.
designation
(2772) Dugan was named after the American astronomer Raymond Smith Dugan (1878–1940). In 1927 he wrote an influential textbook with the American Henry Norris Russell and John Quincy Stewart called Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy . From 1902 to 1904 he worked at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl (IAU code 024), where he discovered 18 asteroids. The moon crater Dugan is named after him.
See also
Web links
- (2772) Dugan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2772) Dugan 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 13, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1979 XE. Discovered 1979 Dec. 14 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2771) Polzunov | numbering | (2773) Brooks |