(39415) Janeausten
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Asteroid (39415) Janeausten |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main outer belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.9262 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2082 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 3.1087 AU - 4.7436 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.3809 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 123.6464 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 164.4499 ° |
| Sidereal period | 7.78 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 15.01 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | March 26, 1971 |
| Another name | 4231 T-1 , 2001 DR 90 |
| 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. | |
(39415) Janeausten is an asteroid of the main outer belt , which was discovered on March 26, 1971 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the first Trojan survey in 1971, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .
(39415) Janeausten was named on February 19, 2006 after the British writer Jane Austen (1775-1817), whose novel Pride and Prejudice was filmed several times.
See also
Web links
- (39415) Janeausten in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (39415) Janeausten in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (39415) Janeausten according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)