(8028) Joeengle
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Asteroid (8028) Joeengle |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1154 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2141 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4483 AU - 3.7826 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.3338 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.50 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 19 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Robert McNaught |
| Date of discovery | August 30, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 QE, 1981 UY 20 , 1981 WO 7 , 1986 TS 1 |
| 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. | |
(8028) Joeengle is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 August 1991 by the British - Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413) in Australia was discovered.
The celestial body was named on February 7, 2012 after the former US astronaut Joe Henry Engle (* 1932).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Joeengle: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Joeengle in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8028) Joeengle in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).