(3573) Holmberg
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Asteroid (3573) Holmberg |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2391 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0662 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0908 AU - 2.3875 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7624 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 268.8321 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 210.1380 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,350 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.90 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 6.5431 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | C.-I. Lagerkvist |
| Date of discovery | August 16, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 QO 1 , 1929 WN, 1947 BL, 1976 YW 1 , 1979 WH 5 |
| 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. | |
(3573) Holmberg is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16 August 1982 by the Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Swedish astronomer Erik Bertil Holmberg (1908–2000), who was known for his studies of the interaction of galaxies .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Holmberg: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3573) Holmberg in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3573) Holmberg in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- www.astro.uu.se