1762 Russell

1762 Russell

Discovery [1]
Discovered by	Indiana Asteroid Program
Discovery site	Goethe Link Obs.
Discovery date	8 October 1953
Designations
MPC designation	1762 Russell
Named after	Henry Norris Russell[2]
Alternative names	1953 TZ · 1947 LM 1953 TW2 · 1956 GF 1963 VN
Minor planet category	main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	68.16 yr (24897 days)
Aphelion	3.0994 AU (463.66 Gm)
Perihelion	2.6506 AU (396.52 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.8750 AU (430.09 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.078044
Orbital period	4.87 yr (1780.6 d)
Mean anomaly	260.24°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 7.848^s / day
Inclination	2.2792°
Longitude of ascending node	160.64°
Argument of perihelion	233.82°
Earth MOID	1.65611 AU (247.751 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.25419 AU (337.222 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.291
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	12.797 h (0.5332 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.2

1762 Russell, provisional designation 1953 TZ, is a main-belt asteroid discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program on October 8, 1953.^[1]

It is named after distinguished American astronomer Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957), noted for the H-R diagram and research on a variety of topics in fundamental astronomy, astrophysics, and the analysis of atomic spectra (see Russell-Saunders coupling).^[2]

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1762 Russell (1953 TZ)" (2015-08-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1762) Russell. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 140. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.

External links

• "1762 Russell (1953 TZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SPK-ID: 2001762.
• 1762 Russell at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters