(3314) Beals
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Asteroid (3314) Beals |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2180 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0449 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1183 AU - 2.3177 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4107 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.30 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 5.4616 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | March 30, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 FH, 1929 DD 1 , 1941 BT, 1959 SR, 1959 TX, 1969 TM, 1974 DZ 1 , 1978 AG, 1979 WV 4 , 1985 ND |
| 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. | |
(3314) Beals is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 March 1981 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 Canadian astronomer Carlyle Smith Beals (1899–1979).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Beals: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3314) Beals in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3314) Beals in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).