2019 van Albada
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. van Gent |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. (Leiden Southern Station) |
| Discovery date | 28 September 1935 |
| Designations | |
| 2019 van Albada | |
Named after | Gale Bruno van Albada[2] |
| 1935 SX1 · 1931 JN 1941 HS · 1964 DG 1971 HB · 1975 ND 1975 PL · A911 KD | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.31 yr (30,796 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6111 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8712 AU |
| 2.2412 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1650 |
| 3.36 yr (1,225.5 days) | |
| 346.76° | |
| Inclination | 4.0427° |
| 252.21° | |
| 24.991° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.8556 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.72 h | |
| SMASS = S | |
| 12.3 | |
2019 van Albada, provisional designation 1935 SX1, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 28, 1935 by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. It is a S-type asteroid.[1]
The asteroid was considered as a flyby target of the NEAR unmanned robotic spacecraft mission in the 1990s.[3] NEAR eventually launched, but visited 253 Mathilde and 433 Eros.
It was named in memory of Dutch astronomer Gale Bruno van Albada (1911–1972), who was director of the Bosscha Observatory and of the Astronomical Institute at Amsterdam.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2019 van Albada (1935 SX1)" (2015-08-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2019) van Albada. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 163. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Extended-mission opportunities for a Discovery-class asteroid rendezvous mission
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