2751 Campbell
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana Asteroid Program |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 7 September 1962 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2751 Campbell |
|
Named after
|
W. W. Campbell[2] |
| 1962 RP · 1973 RD 1975 EO2 · 1977 RN6 1981 WF4 |
|
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 53.52 yr (19548 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8235 AU (422.39 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9909 AU (297.83 Gm) |
| 2.4072 AU (360.11 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.17294 |
| 3.73 yr (1364.2 d) | |
| 33.323° | |
| Inclination | 1.4882° |
| 246.37° | |
| 201.70° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.00693 AU (150.635 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.387 AU (357.1 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.747 h (0.1145 d) | |
| 13.0 | |
2751 Campbell, provisionally designated 1962 RP, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 7, 1962 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory in Indiana, United States.[1]
It is named after American astronomer William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938), observational spectroscopist, director of the Lick Observatory, president of the University of California, president of the International Astronomical Union, and president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He pioneered in the first large-scale systematic program for the accurate measurement of stellar radial velocities.[2]
References
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2751 Campbell at the JPL Small-Body Database
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