(2871) Schober
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Asteroid (2871) Schober |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2582 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1388 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9447 ± 0.001 AU - 2.5717 ± 0.00001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7698 ± 0.046 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 28.3436 ± 0.0344 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 335.5180 ± 0.364 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 3rd March 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 3.39 a ± 0.0568 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.804 ± 0.160 km |
| Albedo | 0.264 ± 0.021 |
| Rotation period | 2.8674 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | August 30, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 QC 2 ; 1954 UD 2 ; 1961 XS; 1971 SD 2 ; 1971 TB 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. | |
(2871) Schober ( 1981 QC 2 ; 1954 UD 2 ; 1961 XS ; 1971 SD 2 ; 1971 TB 3 ) is an approximately seven kilometers large asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on August 30, 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell on Lowell Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).
designation
(2871) Schober was named after the Austrian astronomer Hans Josef Schober , who worked at the Graz University Observatory (IAU code 580) in Graz . The asteroid (2806) Graz was named after Graz . Most of his research was the photoelectric study of minor planets .
See also
Web links
- (2871) Schober in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2871) Schober 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 20, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 QC 2 . Discovered 1981 Aug. 30 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2870) main | numbering | (2872) Gentelec |