(2919) Dali

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Asteroid
(2919) Dali
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 3.1349 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.1504 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6635 ± 0.001 AU - 3.6063 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.43 ± 0.037 °
Length of the ascending node 161.2673 ± 0.0002 °
Argument of the periapsis 123.7685 ± 0.0002 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 9, 2021
Sidereal period 5.55 a ± 0.1615 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 18.521 ± 0.108 km
Albedo 0.125 ± 0.022
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer United StatesUnited States Scolded John Bus
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.

(2919) Dali ( 1980 TU 4 ; 1952 WA ; 1968 OW ; 1974 QQ 3 ; 1978 GX ) is an approximately 20 km large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on October 9, 1980 by the American astronomer Schelte John Bus at the Siding- Spring Observatory was discovered near Coonabarabran , New South Wales in Australia ( IAU code 260). It belongs to the Themis family , a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

designation

(2919) Dali was named after the famous Spanish painter Salvador Dalí (1904–1989). In his career spanning more than six decades, he created many images that deal with the subconscious . His art was influenced by his surrealist contemporaries as well as his love for his wife Gala Éluard Dalí . Because of his own hallucinatory style and illusions in his paintings, he is viewed by many as a genius.

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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 22, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 EX 18 . Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by SJ Bus at Siding Spring. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2918) Salazar numbering (2920) Automedon