(39420) Elizabethgaskell

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Asteroid
(39420) Elizabethgaskell
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 1.9613  AU
eccentricity 0.0789
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8065 AU - 2.1160 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 21.5150 °
Length of the ascending node 187.5126 °
Argument of the periapsis 317.7088 °
Sidereal period 2.75 a
Physical Properties
Rotation period 105 h (± 30%)
Absolute brightness 15.2 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery 29th September 1973
Another name 2084 T-2 , 1994 EX 1
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(39240) Elizabethgaskell is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made during the 2nd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 13 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .

The orbit data of the asteroid indicate belonging to the Hungaria group . The 9: 2 orbital resonance with the planet Jupiter is characteristic of this group . The namesake for the Hungaria group is the asteroid (434) Hungaria . The solar orbit of (39240) Elizabethgaskell is steeply inclined at more than 21 ° to the ecliptic of the solar system , another characteristic of Hungaria asteroids.

(39240) Elizabethgaskell was named on July 22, 2013 after the 19th century British writer Elizabeth Gaskell, who, according to the dedication of the asteroid name, is best known for her novel Cranford (1853).

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