(35394) Countbasie

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Asteroid
(35394) Countbasie
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  May 31, 2020 ( JD 2,459,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7597  AU
eccentricity 0.2114
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1764 AU - 3.3429 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.9357 °
Length of the ascending node 144.1221 °
Argument of the periapsis 36.0989 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 22, 2021
Sidereal period 4.58 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.73 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.299 (± 1.852) km
Albedo 0.189 (± 0.218)
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
Date of discovery December 7, 1997
Another name 1997 XD 9 , 1984 ED 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.

(35394) Countbasie is an asteroid of the main inner belt . He was surveyed on December 7, 1997 as part of the OCA-DLR Asteroid Surveys (ODAS), a project of the OCA (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur) and the DLR ( German Aerospace Center ), at the 90 cm Schmidt telescope discovered by the French Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 910). The asteroid had previously been sighted in March 1984 under the provisional designation 1984 ED 1 at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory in Arizona .

The mean diameter of the asteroid was calculated very roughly at 6.299 (± 1.852) km , the albedo also very roughly at 0.189 (± 0.218).

The mean distance from the Sun ( semi-major axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid correspond to the Dora family, a group of asteroids named after (668) Dora . A family affiliation of the asteroid has not yet been defined.

(35394) Countbasie was named on November 8, 2019 after the American jazz pianist , organist , composer and band leader of the swing Count Basie (1904-1984).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. (35394) Countbasie at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)