(43844) Rowling
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Asteroid (43844) Rowling |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7634 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1743 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2817 AU - 3.2452 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.8696 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 144.6776 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 215.4043 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | April 23, 2021 |
| Sidereal period | 4.59 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.78 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Mark Hammergren |
| Date of discovery | July 25, 1993 |
| Another name | 1993 OX 2 , 1979 QJ 3 |
| 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. | |
(43844) Rowling is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered by the American astronomer Mark Hammergren on July 25, 1993 at the Manastash Ridge Observatory ( IAU code 664) near Ellensburg , Washington state . Unconfirmed sightings of the asteroid had already occurred on August 22nd and 23rd, 1979 under the provisional designation 1979 QJ 3 at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
(43844) Rowling was named on April 13, 2006 at the suggestion of Mark Hammergren after the British writer Joanne K. Rowling , who is best known for her Harry Potter novels .
Web links
- (43844) Rowling in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (43844) Rowling in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- Discovery Circumstances of (43844) Rowling , according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ (43844) Rowling at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)