(6904) McGill
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Asteroid (6904) McGill |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4803 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1061 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2117 AU - 2.7434 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7359 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 344.0535 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 80.2040 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | September 27, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 3.91 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.91 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | HE Holt |
| Date of discovery | 22nd August 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 QW 1 , 1992 CG |
| 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. | |
(6904) McGill is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 22 August 1990 by the American astronomer Henry E. Holt at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675) in California was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 9, 2001 after McGill University in Montreal , founded in 1821 , the oldest university in Canada .
See also
Web links
- (6904) McGill in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6904) McGill in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Discovery Circumstances by (6904) McGill according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)