(7638) Gladman
Asteroid (7638) Gladman |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5383 AU |
eccentricity | 0.3136 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7424 AU - 3.3342 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.8217 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 9.9905 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 22.4789 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.04 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.69 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 5.839 ± 0.405 km |
Albedo | 0.248 |
Rotation period | 17.3 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | October 26, 1984 |
Another name | 1984 UX , 1969 AF, 1988 UN |
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. |
(7638) Gladman is an asteroid of the main belt , the October 26, 1984 of US astronomers Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named on July 28, 1999 after Canadian astronomer and professor of astronomy Brett James Gladman .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gladman: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Gladman in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7638) Gladman in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).