(3222) Liller
Asteroid (3222) Liller |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.0946 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0598 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9097 AU - 3.2796 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.9545 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.44 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.94 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 29.95 km (± 1.3) |
Albedo | 0.0543 |
Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | E. Bowell |
Date of discovery | July 10, 1983 |
Another name | 1983 NJ, 1935 TJ, 19755 BA, 1982 HQ |
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. |
(3222) Lille is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 10 July 1983 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 asteroid was named after the professor of applied astronomy at Harvard University William Liller on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Liller: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3222) Liller in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3222) Liller in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).