(3174) Alcock
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Asteroid (3174) Alcock |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1436 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1746 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5948 AU - 3.6925 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3723 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 72.2489 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 4.7459 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.57 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 7.05 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | October 26, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 UV , 1962 YD, 1969 BB, 1973 YO 1 , 1975 EO 3 , 1978 RB 1 , 1978 TJ 3 , 1979 YR 8 , 1980 AH, 1981 GF |
| 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. | |
(3174) Alcock is an asteroid of the main belt , the October 26, 1984 of US astronomers 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 eminent English amateur astronomer George ED Alcock , the visual discoverer of five comets and five novae .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
Web links
- Asteroid Alcock: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3174) Alcock in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3174) Alcock in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).