10252 Heidigraf
| Discovery[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 26 March 1971 |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 16214 days (44.39 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.05154 AU (456.504 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.65382 AU (397.006 Gm) |
| 2.85268 AU (426.755 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.069711 |
| 4.82 yr (1759.9 d) | |
| 334.9874° | |
| 0° 12m 16.423s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.25936° |
| 33.3056° | |
| 289.8375° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.6405 AU (245.42 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.15973 AU (323.091 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.300 |
| Proper orbital elements[1] | |
Proper mean motion | .204649 deg / yr |
Proper orbital period | 1759.1095 yr (642514.745 d) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.2 | |
10252 Heidigraf is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered on March 26, 1971, by Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels. Heidigraf is named after Heidi Graf, the retired Head of the ESTEC Communications Office at European Space Agency.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "10252 Heidigraf (4164 T-1)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th rev. and enl. ed.). Berlin: Springer. p. 729. ISBN 9783642297182. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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