(8013) Gordon Moors
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Asteroid (8013) Gordonmoore |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 1.7469 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.4560 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 0.9503 AU - 2.5435 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.8650 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 210.2998 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 114.3314 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.31 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.07 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 0.7 km |
| Rotation period | 6 h |
| Absolute brightness | 18.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | EF Helin |
| Date of discovery | May 18, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 KA |
| 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. | |
(8013) Gordonmoore is a near-Earth asteroid of the Cupid type , which was discovered on May 18, 1990 by the American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675).
The celestial body is named after Gordon Moore (* 1929), the co-founder of the technology company Intel , who is best known for his Moore's Law .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gordonmoore: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Gordonmoore in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8013) Gordonmoore in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).