6470 Aldrin
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Mrkos |
| Discovery site | Kleť Observatory |
| Discovery date | 14 September 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6470 Aldrin |
Named after |
Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11)[2] |
| 1982 RO1 · 1989 UU2 | |
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 32.67 yr (11,934 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6214 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9282 AU |
| 2.2748 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1523 |
| 3.43 yr (1,253 days) | |
| 173.69° | |
| Inclination | 2.7912° |
| 237.95° | |
| 152.59° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.00 km (calculated)[3] |
| 5.9944 h[4] | |
| 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 14.3[1] | |
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6470 Aldrin, provisional designation 1982 RO1, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory on 14 September 1982.[5]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,253 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.15 and is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 5.99 hours[4] and an albedo of 0.24, as assumed by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL).[3]
The minor planet was named in honor of Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (b. 1930), U.S. astronaut of Apollo 11 and the second man to set foot on the Moon. In 1966 he made a record 5.5-hour spacewalk in the course of the Gemini 12 mission. In 1969 he joined Armstrong (also see 6469 Armstrong) on the surface of the Moon. This minor planet commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the first manned lunar-landing mission. Its name was suggested by J. Tichá, M. Tichý and Z. Moravec, who observed this minor planet at its 1995 opposition, just prior to numbering.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6470 Aldrin (1982 RO1)" (2015-05-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6470) Aldrin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 535. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (6470) Aldrin". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "6470 Aldrin (1982 RO1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- 6470 Aldrin at the JPL Small-Body Database
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