(3807) Pagels
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Asteroid (3807) Pagels |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2535 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1682 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8746 AU - 2.6324 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.2988 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 160.9521 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 129.4183 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.38 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 3.3 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Brian A. Skiff Norman G. Thomas |
| Date of discovery | September 26, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 SE 1 , 1974 QM |
| 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. | |
(3807) Pagels is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the September 26, 1981 American US astronomer Brian A. Skiff and Norman G. Thomas at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory ( IAU code in 688) Flagstaff was discovered .
The asteroid was named after the US physicist Heinz Pagels (1939–1988).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pagels: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3807) Pagels in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3807) Pagels in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).