(3041) Webb
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Asteroid (3041) Webb |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5862 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1457 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2095 AU - 2.9630 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.6279 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 82.4401 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 350.9721 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.16 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.52 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 8.221 ± 0.115 km |
| Albedo | 0.314 ± 0.04 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | April 15, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 GD |
| 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. | |
(3041) Webb is a asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 April 1980 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 celestial body belongs to the Eunomia family, a group named after (15) Eunomia , to which probably five percent of the asteroids in the main belt belong.
The asteroid was named after the Australian clergyman and amateur astronomer Thomas William Webb (1807-1885), who was best known as the author of the 1859 observation guide Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Asteroid Webb: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3041) Webb in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3041) Webb in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).