3225 Hoag
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker[1] |
Discovery date | 20 August 1982[1] |
Designations | |
3225 Hoag | |
Named after | Arthur Hoag |
1982 QQ; 1977 RN7; 1977 SY2 | |
main belt | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 13895 days (38.04 yr) |
Aphelion | 1.97960 AU (296.144 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.77996 AU (266.278 Gm) |
1.87978 AU (281.211 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.0531023 |
2.58 yr (941.37 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 21.72394894 km/s |
350.880° | |
0° 22m 56.723s / day | |
Inclination | 25.0625° |
188.86132° | |
138.22063° | |
Earth MOID | 0.794812 AU (118.9022 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 3.14545 AU (470.553 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.855 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 12.8×12.8×12.8 km |
Equatorial radius | 6.4 km[2] |
2.3717 h (0.09882 d) | |
13.2[1] | |
3225 Hoag is an inner main belt asteroid[1] of 1.780 AU. It is a member of the Hungaria family.[2] It has an eccentricity of 0.0530553 and an orbital period of ~941 days (2.58 years). Hoag has an average orbital speed of 21.72394894 km/s and an inclination of 25.0581°. The asteroid was discovered at the Palomar Observatory on August 20, 1982 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker. It is named after the American astronomer Arthur Allen Hoag. Its Provisional designation was 1982 QQ.
References
- ^ a b c d e Yeomans, Donald K. (2007-12-07). "3225 Hoag". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. Retrieved 14 April 2016.—The listed values were rounded at the magnitude of uncertainty (1-sigma).
- ^ a b Spratt, Christopher E. (April 1990). "The Hungaria group of minor planets". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 84 (2): 123–131. Bibcode:1990JRASC..84..123S. ISSN 0035-872X.
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