(6116) Still
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Asteroid (6116) Still |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3127 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0967 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9864 AU - 3.2752 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.8322 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 254.7080 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 134.1534 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.16 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.24 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | October 26, 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 UB 1 , 1989 TQ 11 |
| 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. | |
(6116) Still is an asteroid of the main belt , the October 26, 1984 of US astronomers Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County in Arizona was discovered.
It was named on September 9, 1995 after the American composer William Grant Still (1895–1978), who is considered the old master of Afro-American composers and whose best-known work is the Afro-American Symphony from 1930.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Still: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Still in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6116) Still in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).