(2853) Harvill

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Asteroid
(2853) Harvill
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.3442 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1453 ± 0.00004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0035 ± 0.0009 AU - 2.6848 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.1589 ± 0.0438 °
Length of the ascending node 204.3928 ± 0.4914 °
Argument of the periapsis 201.8453 ± 0.5107 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 3, 2018
Sidereal period 3.59 a ± 0.0665 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.976 ± 0.071 km
Albedo 0.275 ± 0.094
Rotation period 6.30 h
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Indiana Asteroid Program
Date of discovery September 14, 1963
Another name 1963 RG ; 1974 SS 4 ; 1974 flat share 1 ; 1976 GL 5 ; 1981 TG
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.

(2853) Harvill ( 1963 RG ; 1974 SS 4 ; 1974 WG 1 ; 1976 GL 5 ; 1981 TG ) is an approximately seven-kilometer asteroid of the inner main belt that was created on September 14, 1963 as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program at the Goethe-Link -Observatory in Brooklyn , Indiana ( IAU code 760) was discovered. A total of 119 asteroids were discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program.

designation

(2853) Harvill was named after Richard Harvill (1905–1988). He was the director of the University of Arizona from 1951 to 1971 , which is the longest tenure in university history. Harvill provided important assistance in many ways to those who helped set up the Kitt Peak National Observatory (IAU code 695). The name was suggested by the American astronomer Frank K. Edmondson .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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): “1963 RG. Discovered 1963 Sept. 14 at the Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn, Indiana. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2852) Declercq numbering (2854) Rawson