1005 Arago

1005 Arago
Discovery[1]
Discovered by S. Belyavskij
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date 5 September 1923
Designations
MPC designation 1005 Arago
Named after
François Arago[2]
1923 OT
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 92.30 yr (33712 days)
Aphelion 3.5380 AU (529.28 Gm)
Perihelion 2.8038 AU (419.44 Gm)
3.1709 AU (474.36 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.11577
5.65 yr (2062.4 d)
136.38°
 10m 28.416s / day
Inclination 19.072°
349.22°
60.696°
Earth MOID 1.8602 AU (278.28 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.98281 AU (296.624 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.107
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
28.91±2.45 km
8.7819 h (0.36591 d)
0.0697±0.014
9.9

    1005 Arago is a main-belt asteroid about 58 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomer Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky at the Crimean Simeiz Observatory on September 5, 1923. Its provisional designation was 1923 OT. It is named after mathematician François Arago (1786–1853) director of the Paris Observatory.[2][3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1005 Arago (1923 OT)" (2015-03-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1005) Arago. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 87. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. "Discovery data for 1005 Arago". 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2013-09-15.

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