(3032) Evans
Asteroid (3032) Evans |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8922 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0845 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6477 AU - 3.1367 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.2254 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 88.3989 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 275.2857 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.92 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.50 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 13.747 km (± 2.282) |
Albedo | 0.257 (± 0.077) |
Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | February 8, 1984 |
Another name | 1984 CA 1 , 1935 FD, 1952 VA, 1957 TL, 1957 UO, 1969 BF, 1972 XT 1 , 1976 PK, 1979 FV 2 |
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. |
(3032) Evans is an asteroid of the main belt , which on February 8, 1984 of the American US astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The celestial body is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.
The asteroid was named after the Australian clergyman and amateur astronomer Robert O. Evans (* 1937), who discovered a large number of supernovae using purely visual methods without computer assistance.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (3032) Evans in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
Web links
- Asteroid Evans: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3032) Evans in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3032) Evans in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).