(4532) Copland
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Asteroid (4532) Copland |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9925 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0455 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8564 AU - 3.1287 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.1295 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.18 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.21 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 14 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | April 15, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 GM 1 , 1959 GO, 1987 SZ 25 , 1987 UC |
| 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. | |
(4532) Copland is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 April 1985 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American composer Aaron Copland (1900–1990), who was one of the most important representatives of American modernism.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Copland: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4532) Copland in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4532) Copland in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).