(4788) Simpson
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Asteroid (4788) Simpson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2633 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1300 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9691 AU - 2.5575 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.3183 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 277.2422 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 110.4360 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.80 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | 4th October 1986 |
| Another name | 1986 TL 1 , 1976 YJ 1 , 1979 RN 1 , 1984 AS |
| 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. | |
(4788) Simpson is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 4, 1986 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 in 1991 after the British composer and music writer Robert Simpson (1921–1997), whose symphonies and string quartets are influenced by Anton Bruckner , Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Simpson: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Simpson in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4788) Simpson in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).