(72432) Kimrobinson
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Asteroid (72432) Kimrobinson |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Middle main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6082 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1456 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2284 AU - 2.9881 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.5239 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 29.4023 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 190.4152 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | July 31, 2018 |
| Sidereal period | 4.21 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 15.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Donald P. Pray |
| Date of discovery | February 14, 2001 |
| Another name | 2001 CO 42 |
| 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. | |
(72432) Kimrobinson is an asteroid of the average main belt , which the American US Amateur astronomers Donald P. Pray on 14 February 2001 at the Carbuncle Hill Observatory ( IAU code 912) in Greene Village, Coventry ( Rhode Iceland was discovered).
The asteroid was on 22 February 2016, following the US science fiction - author Kim Stanley Robinson named.
See also
Web links
- (72432) Kimrobinson in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (72432) Kimrobinson in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (72432) Kimrobinson according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)