(49272) Bryce Canyon

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Asteroid
(49272) Bryce Canyon
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6339  AU
eccentricity 0.2173
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0617 AU - 3.2062 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 12.4506 °
Length of the ascending node 308.3790 °
Argument of the periapsis 114.5770 °
Sidereal period 4.27 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.5 mag
history
Explorer RA Tucker
Date of discovery October 27, 1998
Another name 1998 UT 16 , 2000 GG 159
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.

(49272) Bryce Canyon is a Main Belt asteroid discovered by Roy A. Tucker at the Goodricke-Pigott Observatory ( IAU code 683) in Arizona on October 27, 1998 . It was named on April 2, 2007 after Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah , where there is one of the darkest night skies on the mainland of the USA , which enables particularly good sky observation.

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Individual evidence

  1. (49272) Bryce Canyon in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).Template: JPL Small-Body Database Browser / Maintenance / Alt