(4028) Pancratz
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Asteroid (4028) Pancratz |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Astraea family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5528 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1502 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1693 AU - 2.9362 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.8065 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 177.4113 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 267.3098 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.08 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Laurence G. Taff |
| Date of discovery | February 18, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 DV 2 , 1960 VG, 1964 UJ, 1976 SC 2 , 1982 BE 12 |
| 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. | |
(4028) Pancratz is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1982 by Laurence G. Taff at the Socorro Observatory .
The asteroid was named on August 6, 2003 after the former President of the National Space Society , Chris Pancratz (1950-2003).
See also
Web links
- (4028) Pancratz in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (4028) Pancratz in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (4028) Pancratz according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)