(37588) Lynnecox
Asteroid (37588) Lynnecox |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4300 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2560 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8079 AU - 3.0521 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 22.5371 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 186.0222 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 115.3425 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.79 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.10 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Carolyn Shoemaker David H. Levy |
Date of discovery | April 15, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 GA 2 , 1999 SG 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. |
(37588) Lynnecox is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the April 15, 1991 American US astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker and her Canadian colleague David H. Levy at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code in 675) California was discovered.
(37588) Lynnecox was named on September 19, 2005 after the American long-distance swimmer and author Lynne Cox (* 1957), who was the first person to swim the Strait of Magellan on the southern tip of Chile .
See also
Web links
- (37588) Lynnecox in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (37588) Lynnecox in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances of (37588) Lynnecox according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)