(5168) Jenner
Asteroid (5168) Jenner |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.3391 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2067 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8557 AU - 2.8226 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.4915 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 339.0488 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 201.4739 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.58 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.46 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 3.258 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | March 6, 1986 |
Another name | 1986 EJ , 1990 MZ |
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. |
(5168) Jenner is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on March 6, 1986 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made while scanning photo plates taken by Tom Gehrels with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope at the Palomar observatory .
The asteroid was named after the English country doctor Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who developed the modern vaccination against smallpox .
See also
Web links
- (5168) Jenner in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (5168) Jenner in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (5168) Jenner according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)