(2842) Unsold
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Asteroid (2842) Unsold |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6171 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1011 ± 0.0007 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3524 ± 0.0019 AU - 2.8818 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.6995 ± 0.0625 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 310.0471 ± 0.1963 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 203.1687 ± 0.2655 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | August 16, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 4.23 a ± 0.1166 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 13.716 ± 0.194 km |
| Albedo | 0.149 ± 0.032 |
| Rotation period | 49.50 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Indiana Asteroid Program
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| Date of discovery | July 25, 1950 |
| Another name | 1950 OD ; 1930 YT; 1933 QX; 1944 BC; 1978 EG 4 ; 1982 BJ 3 |
| 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. | |
(2842) Unsöld ( 1950 OD ; 1930 YT ; 1933 QX ; 1944 BC ; 1978 EG 4 ; 1982 BJ 3 ) is an approximately 14 km large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on July 25, 1950 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program on the Goethe -Link Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760) was discovered. A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program. It belongs to the Eunomia family , a group of asteroids named after (15) Eunomia .
designation
(2842) Unsöld was named after the German astrophysicist Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995), who was professor and director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel for many years . The name was suggested by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson .
See also
Web links
- (2842) Unsöld in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2842) Unsöld 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 18, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1950 OD. Discovered 1950 July 25 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2841) Puijo | numbering | (2843) Yeti |