(4818) Elgar
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).