(8022) Scottcrossfield
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Asteroid (8022) Scottcrossfield |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2906 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0038 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2820 AU - 2.2992 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.4183 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 346.5684 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 276.0817 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.47 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 4.0028 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Antonin Mrkos |
| Date of discovery | November 10, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 VD 7 , 1940 EE 7 , 1969 TF 3 , 1983 TP 1 , 1990 UM 6 |
| 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. | |
(8022) Scottcrossfield is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on November 10, 1990 by the Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory ( IAU code 046) in South Bohemia .
The celestial body was named on February 7, 2012 after the former US test pilot Albert Scott Crossfield (1921-2006), who completed 14 flights in the X-15 program and on November 20, 1953 with a Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket was the first person to reach twice the speed of sound .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Scottcrossfield: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Scottcrossfield in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8022) Scottcrossfield in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).