22740 Rayleigh
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Eric Walter Elst |
| Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 20, 1998 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 22740 |
Named after | John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh |
| 1998 SX146 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.9355 |
| Perihelion | 2.5609 |
| 3.24818 | |
| Eccentricity | 0.211598 |
| 2138.25 | |
| 346.207 | |
| Inclination | 3.109 |
| 169.112 | |
| 113.631 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.2 | |
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22740 Rayleigh (1998 SX146) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 20, 1998 by Eric Walter Elst at the European Southern Observatory.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[3]
The asteroid was named in honour of the English physicist John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919).
References
- 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (20001)-(25000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ↑ "(22740) Rayleigh". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- ↑ Roig; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; et al. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
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