(4674) Pauling
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Asteroid (4674) Pauling |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 1.8587 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0703 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7280 AU - 1.9894 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.4404 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 232.9533 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 239.5953 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.53 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 21.84 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 8 kilometers |
| Rotation period | 2.5306 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eleanor Helin |
| Date of discovery | May 2, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 JC |
| 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. | |
(4674) Pauling is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 May 1989 by the American US astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
In March 2004, astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) discovered that the asteroid had a natural satellite. This moon with the designation S / 2004 (4674) 1 has a diameter of about 2.5 km and orbits Pauling at a distance of 250 km.
The celestial body is named after the American chemist Linus Pauling (1901-1994), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize in 1963 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pauling: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4674) Pauling in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4674) Pauling in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).