(9781) Jubjubbird
Asteroid (9781) Jubjubbird |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4619 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1731 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0358 AU - 2.8881 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.5499 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 37.3353 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 267.6681 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.86 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.98 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Yoshisada Shimizu , Takeshi Urata |
Date of discovery | October 31, 1994 |
Another name | 1994 UB 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. |
(9781) Jubjubbird is an asteroid located in the main belt . It was discovered on October 31, 1994 by the Japanese astronomers Yoshisada Shimizu and Takeshi Urata at the Nachi Katsuura Observatory ( IAU code 905) in Wakayama Prefecture .
The asteroid is named after the bird Jubjub , a mysterious but obviously dangerous creature from the poem Jabberwocky , which comes from the story Alice behind the mirrors by British writer Lewis Carroll .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Jubjubbird: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Jubjubbird in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (9781) Jubjubbird in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).