(3035) Chambers

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Asteroid
(3035) Chambers
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Middle main belt
Major semi-axis 2.6348 ± 0.00001  AU
eccentricity 0.1318 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2875 ± 0.0001 AU - 2.9821 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.5901 ± 0.0404 °
Length of the ascending node 180.0776 ± 0.7625 °
Argument of the periapsis 31.3335 ± 0.0777 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 16, 2018
Sidereal period 4.28 a ± 0.0822 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 13.644 ± 0.113 km
Albedo 0.092 ± 0.016
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer German EmpireGerman Empire Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery March 7, 1924
Another name A924 EJ ; 1954 EK; 1967 GN; 1973 UO 1 ; 1977 RT 6 ; 1984 FF; 1984 GS
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(3035) Chambers ( A924 EJ ; 1954 EK ; 1967 GN ; 1973 UO 1 ; 1977 RT 6 ; 1984 FF ; 1984 GS ) is an asteroid about 14 kilometers in size of the central main belt , which was released on March 7, 1924 by the German (then: Weimar Republic ) astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth was discovered at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg ( IAU code 024).

designation

(3035) Chambers was named after John Eric Chambers (* 1969) who works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics . The designation was suggested by members of the Planetary Sciences division .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 October 2, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “A924 EJ. Discovered 1924 Mar. 7 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg. ”
predecessor asteroid successor
(3034) Climenhaga numbering (3036) Krat