(8030) Williamknight
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Asteroid (8030) Williamknight |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2309 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0730 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9950 AU - 3.4668 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2251 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.81 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 21 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Robert McNaught |
| Date of discovery | September 29, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 SK, 1980 TU 12 , 1986 UF 4 , 1992 WW 3 |
| 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. | |
(8030) William Knight is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 29 September 1991 by the British - Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 413) in Australia.
The celestial body is named after William John Knight (1929-2004), who in 1967 set up the world speed record for manned aircraft that is still valid today at 7,274 km / h as a test pilot of the X-15 .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Williamknight: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Williamknight in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8030) Williamknight in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).