(2858) Carlosporter
Asteroid (2858) Carlosporter |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt |
Asteroid family | Baptistina family |
Major semi-axis | 2.267 ± 0.0001 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1946 ± 0.0003 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8259 ± 0.0008 AU - 2.7081 ± 0.0001 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6989 ± 0.0374 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 128.5540 ± 0.3418 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 181.9049 ± 0.3622 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | June 26, 2019 |
Sidereal period | 3.41 a ± 0.0693 d |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 4.416 ± 0.178 km |
Albedo | 0.434 ± 0.037 |
Rotation period | ≈ 3.35 ± 1.005 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer |
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Date of discovery | 1st December 1975 |
Another name | 1975 XB ; 1971 MJ; 1977 DW 4 |
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. |
(2858) Carlosporter ( 1975 XB ; 1971 MJ ; 1977 DW 4 ) is an approximately four kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on December 1, 1975 at the Cerro El Roble Observatory on Cerro El Roble in the La Campana National Park in the Región de Valparaíso in Chile ( IAU code 805). It belongs to the Baptistina family , a group of asteroids named after (298) Baptistina .
designation
(2858) Carlosporter was named after the Chilean zoologist Carlos Porter (1867–1942) who was director of the Valparaíso Museum . From 1911 to 1928 he headed the invertebrate department at the Natural History Museum in Santiago de Chile .
See also
Web links
- (2858) Carlosporter in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2858) Carlosporter in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
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): “1975 XB. Discovered 1975 Dec. 1 by H. Wroblewski at Cerro El Roble. "
predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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(2857) NOT | numbering | (2859) Paganini |