(3266) Bernardus
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Asteroid (3266) Bernardus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid , Hungaria group |
| Major semi-axis | 1.9085 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1101 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6984 AU - 2.1187 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 26.3727 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 110.6425 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 255.9473 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.64 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7,592 km |
| Albedo | 0.255 |
| Rotation period | 10.757 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | H.-E. Cobbler |
| Date of discovery | August 11, 1978 |
| Another name | 1978 PA |
| 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. | |
(3266) Bernardus is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 August 1978 by Hans-Emil Schuster at the La Silla Observatory in Chile was discovered.
It is named after Andres Bernardus Muller, astronomer at the Leiden Observatory and head of the Site-Testing Campaigns for the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in South Africa and Chile . From 1964 to 1969 he was superintendent at the La Silla Observatory, while it was being built by ESO. Muller contributed to major improvements at ESO, including the 1-meter Schmidt telescope at the La Silla Observatory, which was used to discover this minor planet .
Web links
- (3266) Bernardus at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
- (3266) Bernardus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- The Minor Planet Observer and Palmer Divide Observatory - (3266) Bernardus