(6824) Mallory
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Asteroid (6824) Mallory |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1213 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1938 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5163 AU - 3.7263 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0006 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 117.9734 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 281.7338 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.51 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.86 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 14.962 (± 0.168) km |
| Albedo | 0.054 (± 0.013) |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | September 8, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 RE 2 , 1986 HZ, 1988 SR, 1993 OO 10 |
| 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. | |
(6824) Mallory is an asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered on September 8, 1988 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) near the town of Český Krumlov .
The celestial body belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
The celestial body was on 12 November 1999 after the British mountaineer George Mallory named (1886 to 1924), 1924 while trying together with Andrew Irvine to Mount Everest to climb, did not return from the mountain.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (6824) Mallory in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- Asteroid Mallory: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (6824) Mallory in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (6824) Mallory in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).