(3031) Houston
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Asteroid (3031) Houston |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2358 ± 0.0001 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.098 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0168 ± 0.0001 AU - 2.4549 ± 0.0001 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.3408 ± 0.0518 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 317.7452 ± 0.5104 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 249.1613 ± 0.5721 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | December 11, 2017 |
| Sidereal period | 3.34 a ± 0.063 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 6.430 ± 0.141 km |
| Albedo | 0.270 ± 0.028 |
| Rotation period | 11.218 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Edward LG Bowell
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| Date of discovery | February 8, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 CX ; 1954 EF; 1978 NP; 1979 VT 1 ; 1981 JL 1 |
| 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. | |
(3031) Houston ( 1984 CX ; 1954 EF ; 1978 NP ; 1979 VT 1 ; 1981 JL 1 ) is an asteroid about six kilometers in size of the main inner belt that was discovered on February 8, 1984 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell on the Lowell- Observatory , Anderson Mesa Station ( Anderson Mesa ) near Flagstaff , Arizona ( IAU code 688).
designation
(3031) Houston was named after the American amateur astronomer Walter Scott Houston , best known for his Deep Sky Wonders column in Sky & Telescope magazine . The name was suggested by the discoverer Edward LG Bowell after a recommendation by PL Dombrowski .
See also
Web links
- (3031) Houston in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (3031) Houston in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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 October 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1984 CX. Discovered 1984 Feb. 8 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (3030) Vehrenberg | numbering | (3032) Evans |