(48736) Ehime
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Asteroid (48736) Ehime |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2555 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1596 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8956 AU - 2.6154 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.9690 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 326.6637 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 158.4674 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.39 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.83 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.578 ± 0.262 km |
| Albedo | 0.127 ± 0.036 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | A. Nakamura |
| Date of discovery | February 27, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 DL |
| 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. | |
(48736) Ehime is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 27 February 1997 by the Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma-Kōgen Observatory ( IAU code 360) in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku was discovered.
The asteroid was named on September 28, 2004 after the Ehime Prefecture where it was discovered.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ehime: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (48736) Ehime in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (48736) Ehime in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).