(8077) Hoyle
Asteroid (8077) Hoyle |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6293 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2154 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0628 AU - 3.1957 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.2698 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 135.7770 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 35.1980 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.26 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.35 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 2.7454 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
Date of discovery | January 12, 1986 |
Another name | 1986 AW 2 , 1995 CP 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. |
(8077) Hoyle is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 January 1986 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County , Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named on July 26, 2000 after the British astronomer and mathematician Fred Hoyle (1915-2001), who was one of the world's leading theorists of astrophysics due to his scientific non-conformism .
See also
Web links
- (8077) Hoyle in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (8077) Hoyle in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances by (8077) Hoyle according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)