(2858) Carlosporter

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Asteroid
(2858) Carlosporter
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
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 ChileChile Herbert Wroblewski
Date of discovery 1st December 1975
Another name 1975 XB ; 1971 MJ; 1977 DW 4
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(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 .

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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): “1975 XB. Discovered 1975 Dec. 1 by H. Wroblewski at Cerro El Roble. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2857) NOT numbering (2859) Paganini