(4506) Hendrie
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Asteroid (4506) Hendrie |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8824 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0117 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8487 AU - 2.9160 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0047 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 63.7399 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 167.8625 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.89 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.54 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
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| Explorer | BGW Manning |
| Date of discovery | March 24, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 FJ , 1980 DM 2 , 1983 WE, 1987 RV 2 , 1987 SF 16 |
| 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. | |
(4506) Hendrie is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24 March 1990 by the British astronomer Brian GW Manning at the observatory in Stakenbridge ( IAU code was discovered 494).
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.
The asteroid was named after the British amateur astronomer Michael J. Hendrie , who devoted himself to the systematic photography of comets from 1952 and was involved in the observation of the periodic comet 27P / Crommelin in 1956 . He promoted collaboration between amateurs and professional observers during the International Halley Watch in the 1980s and eventually headed the Comet Section of the British Astronomical Association for ten years .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hendrie: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4506) Hendrie in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4506) Hendrie in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (4506) Hendrie in the AstDyS-2 database (English)