(3363) Bowen
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Asteroid (3363) Bowen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.775 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.102 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.492 AU - 3.058 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.3 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 183.2 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 313.1 ° |
| Sidereal period | 1 a 228 d |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.9 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: Sq |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | March 6, 1960 |
| Another name | 1960 EE , 1953 TM 3 , 1972 XB 2 , 1974 HA 1 , 1976 SB 3 , 1981 SX 8 , 1981 UR 14 , 1981 WJ, 1983 CL 3 , 1985 RK 2 |
| 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. | |
(3363) Bowen is a major belt asteroid. It was on March 6, 1960 at Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn (Indiana) ( IAU code 760) as part of the Indiana Asteroid Program of the Indiana University discovered.
He was named in honor of Ira S. Bowen , an American astronomer and astrophysicist.
Bowen moves between 2,492 ( perihelion ) and 3,058 astronomical units ( aphelion ) in an elliptical orbit around the sun . The orbit is slightly inclined towards the ecliptic at 3.3 ° , the orbital eccentricity is 0.102.
See also
swell
- (3363) Bowen in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .