(8088) Australia

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Asteroid
(8088) Australia
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2891  AU
eccentricity 0.1515
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9423 AU - 2.6358 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.5235 °
Length of the ascending node 169.1718 °
Argument of the periapsis 210.1265 °
Time of passage of the perihelion February 2, 2015
Sidereal period 3.46 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.68 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Galina Kastel , Lyudmyla Schuravlowa
Date of discovery September 23, 1990
Another name 1990 SL 27 , 1983 RG 8 , 1987 WA 2 , 1988 AS, 1990 SV 28 , 1990 TD 15 , 1990 TX 15
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(8088) Australia is an asteroid of the main inner belt that was discovered by the Soviet astronomers Galina Kastel and Ljudmyla Schuravlowa on September 23, 1990 at the Crimean Observatory in Nautschnyj ( IAU code 095). The asteroid had already been sighted on September 11, 1983 with the provisional designation 1983 RG 8 at this observatory, as well as on November 26, 1987 (1987 WA 2 ) and on January 11, 1988 (1988 AS) at the Karl-Schwarzschild- Observatory in the Tautenburg Forest .

(8088) Australia was named after the continent of Australia on October 5, 1998 at the suggestion of Galina Kastel as an honor for her visit there. An albedo feature in the so-called Bach Quadrangle on Mercury was also named " Australia " in 1976 .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Observations from (8088) Australia on minorplanetcenter.net (English)
  2. The Albedo Feature Australia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS (English)