(6183) Viscome
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Asteroid (6183) Viscome |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3056 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2892 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6387 AU - 2.9725 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.6661 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 274.8244 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.50 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.61 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | September 26, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 SF 7 , 1992 AV 3 |
| 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. | |
(6183) Viscome is a mars ground-grazing asteroid of the main belt , which from the September 26, 1987 American US astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code in 675) California was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American amateur astronomer George R. Viscome (* 1956).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Viscome: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Viscome in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6183) Viscome in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).