(8026) John McKay
Asteroid (8026) Johnmckay |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 1.9251 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0749 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7810 AU - 2.0693 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.9348 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 217.7463 ° |
Sidereal period | 2.67 a |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 372 h |
Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Eleanor Helin |
Date of discovery | May 8, 1991 |
Another name | 1991 JA 1 , 1989 UF 2 |
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. |
(8026) Johnmckay is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the May 8, 1991 American US astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code in 675) California was discovered. In 2010 it was recognized that (8026) Johnmckay has its own moon.
The celestial body is named after the American test pilot John B. McKay (1922–1975), who completed 29 flights in the X-15 program and was only awarded his astronaut wings on August 24, 2005 as a NASA pilot .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Johnmckay: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Johnmckay in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8026) Johnmckay in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ (8026) Johnmckay on johnstonsarchive.net (English)