(2982) Muriel
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Asteroid (2982) Muriel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9979 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0637 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8069 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.1889 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.2354 ± 0.0533 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 42.8134 ± 0.2368 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 40.8595 ± 0.4944 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | 3rd December 2020 |
| Sidereal period | 5.19 a ± 0.172 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.229 ± 0.269 km |
| Albedo | 0.132 ± 0.014 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Carolyn Shoemaker
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| Date of discovery | May 6, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 JA 3 ; 1973 YP; 1978 SY 5 |
| 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. | |
(2982) Muriel ( 1981 JA 3 ; 1973 YP ; 1978 SY 5 ) is an approximately 15 kilometers large asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on May 6, 1981 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 Eos family , a group of asteroids named after (221) Eos .
designation
(2982) Muriel was named after Muriel May Scott Shoemaker , the mother-in-law of the explorer Carolyn Shoemaker.
See also
Web links
- (2982) Muriel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2982) Muriel 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 28, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 JA 3 . Discovered 1981 May 6 by CS Shoemaker at Palomar. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2981) Chagall | numbering | (2983) Poltava |