(5050) Doctorwatson
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Asteroid (5050) Doctorwatson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4008 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1193 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1143 AU - 2.6874 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8656 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 263.9578 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 139.1543 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.72 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.22 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | September 14, 1983 |
| Another name | 1983 RD 2 , 1972 TA 7 , 1985 DB 3 , 1987 UQ 9 , 1987 WL 1 , 1990 HR 2 |
| 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. | |
(5050) Doctor Watson is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 September 1983 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 after the figure of Dr. Named John H. Watson , the friend and constant companion of Sherlock Holmes in the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Doctorwatson: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Doctorwatson in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5050) Doctorwatson in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).