(3007) Reaves
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Asteroid (3007) Reaves |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3680 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1338 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0513 AU - 2.6848 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.3313 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 68.8198 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 252.8570 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.64 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.35 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 11.5 km |
| Rotation period | 4.1555 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII : X |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | 17th October 1979 |
| Another name | 1979 UC , 1978 GG 3 , 1978 JH |
| 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. | |
(3007) Reaves is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 17 October 1979 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station (IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after Gibson Reaves , who works as an astronomer and historian at the University of Southern California . He is an expert in the field of dwarf galaxies .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Reaves: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3007) Reaves in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3007) Reaves in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).