(6886) Grote
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Asteroid (6886) Grote |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Innes family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5668 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1577 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1619 AU - 2.9718 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.1425 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 97.8565 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 358.4602 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.11 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.59 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 8.444 (± 0.104) km |
| Albedo | 0.347 (± 0.043) |
| Rotation period | 5.755 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Liisi Oterma |
| Date of discovery | February 11, 1942 |
| Another name | 1942 CG , 1982 YH 5 , 1990 XO |
| 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. | |
(6886) Grote is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 11 February 1942 by the Finnish astronomer liisi oterma at Iso-Heikkilä Observatory ( IAU code of 062) University of Turku was discovered.
The celestial body belongs to the Innes family, an asteroid family named after (1658) Innes .
The name of the asteroid was chosen on December 24, 1964 in honor of the American radio astronomer Grote Reber (1911–2002), one of the pioneers in his specialty.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ (6886) Grote in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Web links
- (6886) Grote in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6886) Grote in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (6886) Grote according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)