(337044) Bobdylan
Asteroid (337044) Bobdylan |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
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
- (337044) Bobdylan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (337044) Bobdylan in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (337044) Bobdylan according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)
- ↑ Europakrater Dylan in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)