(8034) Akka
Asteroid (8034) Akka |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Cupid type |
Major semi-axis | 1.8305 AU |
eccentricity | 0.4086 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.0825 AU - 2.5786 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0241 ° |
Sidereal period | 2.48 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 22.01 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 7.283 |
Absolute brightness | 17.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer |
CS Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | 3rd June 1992 |
Another name | 1992 LR |
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. |
(8034) Akka is a near-Earth asteroid of the Cupid type , which was discovered on June 3, 1992 by the American astronomers Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675).
The heavenly body is named after the Finnish earth mother and harvest goddess Akka , wife of the high god Ukko .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Akka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Akka in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8034) Akka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).