(6936) Cassatt

Asteroid (6936) Cassatt
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2,6001  AU
eccentricity	0.0783
Perihelion - aphelion	2.3965 AU - 2.8038 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.6590 °
Length of the ascending node	126.7383 °
Argument of the periapsis	33.4959 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	January 21, 2017
Sidereal period	4.19 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.47 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	5.475 (± 0.246) km
Albedo	0.339 (± 0.032)
Absolute brightness	13.3 mag
history
Explorer	Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery	September 24, 1960
Another name	6573 PL , 1975 EJ 6 , 1986 TK 6 , 4156 T-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.

(6936) Cassatt is an asteroid located in the Main Belt . It was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

The asteroid was after the US graphic designer and painter of the Impressionist Mary Cassatt named (1844-1926), based on the suggestion of Edgar Degas joined the then new movement of the Impressionists.

See also

• List of asteroids

Web links

• (6936) Cassatt in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
• (6936) Cassatt in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
• Discovery Circumstances of (6936) Cassatt according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)