(7553) Buie

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Asteroid
(7553) Buie
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.3911  AU
eccentricity 0.1470
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0397 AU - 2.7426 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.2788 °
Length of the ascending node 74.6972 °
Argument of the periapsis 95.6060 °
Sidereal period 3.70 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.26 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 3.442 ± 0.220 km
Albedo 0.259 ± 0.063
Rotation period 4.245 h
Absolute brightness 14.4 mag
history
Explorer Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery March 30, 1981
Another name 1981 FG , 1988 AJ 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.

(7553) Buie is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 March 1981 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.

The celestial body belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa (also called the Hertha family, after (135) Hertha ).

The asteroid was named on July 28, 1999 after the American astronomer and planetologist Marc William Buie , who devotes his main interest to the objects of the outer solar system and who is in charge of the Deep Ecliptic Survey project.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)

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