(44016) Jimmypage
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Asteroid (44016) Jimmypage |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Adeona family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6472 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1571 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2313 AU - 3.0632 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.2887 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 8.5223 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 90.0644 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 27, 2015 |
| Sidereal period | 4.31 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.31 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 9.513 ± 2.012 km |
| Albedo | 0.171 ± 0.253 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Mark Armstrong , Claire Armstrong |
| Date of discovery | November 30, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 WQ 28 |
| 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. | |
(44016) Jimmypage is a main middle belt asteroid discovered in Rolvenden , Kent ( IAU code 960) on November 30, 1997 by British amateur astronomer Mark Armstrong and his wife, amateur astronomer Claire Armstrong .
The asteroid belongs to the Adeona family, a group of asteroids named after (145) Adeona .
The mean diameter of (44016) Jimmypage was roughly calculated to be 9.513 ± 2.012 km and the albedo to be 0.171 ± 0.253.
The asteroid was named at the suggestion of Mark Armstrong on June 14, 2003 after Jimmy Page , the guitarist of the rock band Led Zeppelin .
Web links
- (44016) Jimmypage in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (44016) Jimmypage in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (44016) Jimmypage according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
- (44016) Jimmypage on Rock & Roll Minor Planets (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (44016) Jimmypage in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
- ^ Martin Mobberley: Supernovae and How to Observe Them . Springer Science + Business, New York 2007, page 143 (English)