2730 Barks
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station |
| Discovery date | 30 August 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2730 Barks |
Named after | Carl Barks[2] |
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1981 QH · 1935 FQ 1935 HC · 1963 SP 1972 TJ5 · 1975 EM1 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 60.79 yr (22,203 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0760 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3693 AU |
| 2.7227 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1297 |
| 4.49 yr (1640.9 days) | |
| 255.40° | |
| Inclination | 6.4279° |
| 4.6767° | |
| 272.64° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.3639 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 6.08 h | |
| C (SMASSII) | |
| 11.7 mag | |
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2730 Barks, provisionally designated 1981 QH, is an asteroid discovered by Ted Bowell on August 30, 1981.[1] The asteroid was named for comic book artist Carl Barks who wrote Island in the Sky, an Uncle Scrooge adventure.[2][3]
Name history
In 1983, Peter Thomas, an assistant of Cornell University, proposed the idea of naming an asteroid after the creator of Scrooge McDuck. One of Ted Bowell's discoveries was used. On January 28, Minor Planet Circular reported the new name of the asteroid.[4] A week later, Thomas informed Barks by mail about his initiative.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2730 Barks (1981 QH)" (2015-05-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 "Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2730) Barks". Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 224. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Helnwein, Gottfried; Barks, Carl (July 11, 1992). "HELNWEIN TALKS WITH CARL BARKS". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ↑ Extract from Minor Planet Circular 7621 at the INDUCKS
- ↑ Peter Thomas, Carl Barks and Edward Bowell's correspondence about the naming of asteroid (2730) Barks at the INDUCKS
External links
- "2730 Barks (1981 QH)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 2002730.
- Find 2730 Barks in the night sky
- 2730 Barks at the JPL Small-Body Database
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