(6542) Jacquescousteau
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Asteroid (6542) Jacquescousteau |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3029 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1190 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0288 AU - 2.5769 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.7375 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.49 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.62 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | February 15, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 CH 1 , 1957 CD, 1978 EY 5 , 1990 SK 12 |
| 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. | |
(6542) Jacquescousteau is an asteroid of the Main Belt . It was discovered on February 15, 1985 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near Český Krumlov .
The asteroid was named after the French marine researcher and documentary filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), who with his research vessel Calypso became a synonym for marine research.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Jacquescousteau: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Jacquescousteau in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6542) Jacquescousteau in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).