(337044) Bobdylan

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Asteroid
(337044) Bobdylan
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.3310  AU
eccentricity 0.1525
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9755 AU - 2.6865 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.1413 °
Length of the ascending node 344.7501 °
Argument of the periapsis 139.5996 °
Time of passage of the perihelion May 6, 2017
Sidereal period 3.56 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 17.3 likes
history
Explorer Eric Walter Elst
Date of discovery February 16, 1996
Another name 1996 DB 5 , 2002 YJ 34
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.

(337044) Bobdylan is an asteroid of the main inner belt , which was discovered on February 16, 1996 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the Schmidt telescope of the French Observatoire de Calern near Grasse ( IAU code 010).

The asteroid belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa (also called the Hertha family, after (135) Hertha ). The ageless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (337 044) BobDylan are almost identical with those of two smaller asteroids, when one of the absolute brightness starting from 17.9 and 19.1 compared to 17.3: (393358) 1997 TT 2 and 2010 TS 46 .

The asteroid was named after the American musician and poet Bob Dylan on June 9, 2017 . The impact crater Dylan on Jupiter's moon Europa, on the other hand, was named after the Welsh sea ​​god Dylan Eil Ton in 2000 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
  2. Europakrater Dylan in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)