(8003) Kelvin
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Asteroid (8003) Kelvin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2228 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1199 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9563 AU - 2.4894 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.8449 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.31 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.97 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 14.7 km |
| Albedo | 0.0258 |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EW Elst |
| Date of discovery | September 1, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 RJ, 1982 BT 10 , 1984 XC |
| 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. | |
(8003) Kelvin is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 1, 1987 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory .
The celestial body is named after the British physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kelvin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Kelvin in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8003) Kelvin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).