(2935) Naerum
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Asteroid (2935) Naerum |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5987 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1254 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2727 ± 0.001 AU - 2.9247 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.0596 ± 0.0443 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 135.6728 ± 0.1758 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 137.8631 ± 0.2695 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 30, 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 4.19 a ± 0.1176 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.067 ± 0.352 km |
| Albedo | 0.223 ± 0.030 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Richard Martin West
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| Date of discovery | October 24, 1976 |
| Another name | 1976 UU ; 1982 HW |
| 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. | |
(2935) Naerum ( 1976 UU ; 1982 HW ) is an approximately seven kilometers large asteroid of the central main belt that was discovered on October 24, 1976 by the Danish astronomer Richard Martin West at the La Silla Observatory on La Silla in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809) was discovered.
designation
(2935) Naerum was named after Nærum , a small town 15 kilometers north of Copenhagen . There the explorer Richard Martin West spent the first years of his life in his parents' house. In Nærum, archaeological finds from the Stone and Bronze Ages testify to thousands of years of settlement, as does the current name, which is derived from "Njarthar-heim", the home of Njörðr , god of the sea and his riches in Norse mythology .
See also
Web links
- (2935) Naerum in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2935) Naerum 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 pages, link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on 23 September 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1976 UU. Discovered 1976 Oct. 24 by RM West at La Silla. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2934) Aristophanes | numbering | (2936) Nechvíle |