(3061) Cook
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Asteroid (3061) Cook |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0902 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1942 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4900 AU - 3.6904 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.2569 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 98.0928 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 243.7596 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.43 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.95 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 23 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | October 21, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 UB 1 , 1933 UH, 1955 XM, 1971 UJ 2 , 1973 AL 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. | |
(3061) Cook is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 October 1982 by the US American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
The asteroid was named after the British navigator and explorer James Cook (1728–1779) who mapped numerous islands on three voyages in the Pacific Ocean and advanced as far as the Arctic Circle .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Asteroid Cook: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3061) Cook in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3061) Cook in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).