(3514) Hooke
Asteroid (3514) Hooke |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.9540 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1914 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.1973 AU - 4.7107 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5053 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 24.3176 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 341.8433 ° |
Sidereal period | 7.86 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 15.00 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 22 km |
Rotation period | 4.307 h |
Absolute brightness | 11.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Luboš Kohoutek |
Date of discovery | October 26, 1971 |
Another name | 1971 UJ , 1979 WH 8 , 1981 AG 3 |
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. |
(3514) Hooke is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on August 18, 1972 by the Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at the Hamburg observatory ( IAU code 029) in the Hamburg district of Bergedorf .
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2000 after the English polymath Robert Hooke (1635-1703), who is mainly known for the law of elasticity named after him .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hooke: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3514) Hooke in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3514) Hooke in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).