(3449) Abell
Asteroid (3449) Abell |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.0823 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1560 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6015 AU - 3.5632 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0441 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.41 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.98 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Eleanor Helin scolded John Bus |
Date of discovery | November 7, 1978 |
Another name | 1978 VR 9 , 1983 TQ 1 |
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. |
(3449) Abell is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from the November 7, 1978 astronomer Eleanor Helin and scolding John bus at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American astronomer George Ogden Abell (1927–1983).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Abell: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3449) Abell in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3449) Abell in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).