(4818) Elgar
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Asteroid (4818) Elgar |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2648 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1293 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9718 AU - 2.5577 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.5435 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 169.0860 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 82.8507 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | March 1, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 EM , 1933 FZ |
| 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. | |
(4818) Elgar is an asteroid of the main belt , on March 1, 1984 of the American US 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 English composer Sir Edward William Elgar , whose best-known work Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 became an integral part of the annual Last Night of the Proms .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Elgar: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Elgar in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4818) Elgar in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).