(9622) Terryjones
Asteroid (9622) Terryjones |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2553 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1930 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8200 AU - 2.6905 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.8015 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 215.8818 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 236.3316 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.39 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.83 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | UESAC |
Date of discovery | March 21, 1993 |
Another name | 1993 FV 26 , 1971 VD, 1991 RM 41 |
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. |
(9622) Terry Jones is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 March 1993, following the Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets on La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named on March 20, 2000 after the British comedian , film director and writer Terry Jones (1942-2020), who became famous as a member of the British comedian group Monty Python .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Terryjones: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Terryjones in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9622) Terryjones in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).