(30444) Shemp
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Asteroid (30444) Shemp |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| family | Gefion family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7727 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1703 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3004 AU - 3.2450 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.0163 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 300.4687 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 44.3294 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.62 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | John Broughton |
| Date of discovery | July 5, 2000 |
| Another name | 2000 NY 1 , 1991 PC 17 |
| 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. | |
(30444) Shemp is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 5 July 2000 by the Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton on Reedy Creek Observatory ( IAU code 428) in Queensland was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American entertainer Shemp Howard (1895-1955), who was at times a member of the comedian troupe The Three Stooges .
Web links
- Asteroid Shemp: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (30444) Shemp in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (30444) Shemp in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).