(52270) Noamchomsky
Asteroid (52270) Noamchomsky |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Inner main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Vesta family |
Major semi-axis | 2.4328 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0880 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2188 AU - 2.6468 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.4468 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 270.5022 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 212.8959 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | March 28, 2018 |
Sidereal period | 3.79 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
Date of discovery | February 13, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 CH 5 , 1997 PK 4 |
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. |
(52270) Noamchomsky is an asteroid of the main inner belt . It was discovered on February 13, 1988 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile ( IAU code 809).
The asteroid belongs to the Vesta family , a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt. The timeless (not osculating ) orbital elements of (52270) Noamchomsky are almost identical to those of another six asteroid: (9136) Lalande , (90863) 1996 QR 1 , (142339) 2002 RX 201 , (144967) 2005 EX 92 , (181 663 ) 2008 AW 2 and 2015 RV 221 .
(52270) Noamchomsky was named after the American linguist Noam Chomsky on March 12, 2017 .
See also
Web links
- (52270) Noamchomsky in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (52270) Noamchomsky 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 (52270) Noamchomsky according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)