(2918) Salazar

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Asteroid
(2918) Salazar
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1732 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1520 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6909 ± 0.0001 AU - 3.6554 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.0935 ± 0.0449 °
Length of the ascending node 135.6037 ± 0.0001 °
Argument of the periapsis 165.4938 ± 0.0001 °
Time of passage of the perihelion May 8, 2019
Sidereal period 5.65 a ± 0.2005 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 20.156 ± 0.267 km
Albedo 0.076 ± 0.015
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Carolyn Shoemaker
Date of discovery October 9, 1980
Another name 1980 TU 4 ; 1952 WA; 1968 OW; 1974 QQ 3 ; 1978 GX
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.

(2918) Salazar ( 1980 TU 4 ; 1952 WA ; 1968 OW ; 1974 QQ 3 ; 1978 GX ) is an approximately 20 km large asteroid of the outer main belt that was discovered on October 9, 1980 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar- Observatory about 80 kilometers northeast of San Diego , California ( IAU code 675) was discovered. It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

designation

(2918) Salazar was named after Frederick Salazar , son-in-law of the explorer Carolyn Shoemaker.

See also

Web links

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 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 TU4. Discovered 1980 Oct. 9 by CS Shoemaker at Palomar. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2917) Sawyer Hogg numbering (2919) Dali