691 Lehigh
691 Lehigh is a minor planet (the earlier term for an asteroid) orbiting the Sun, discovered in 1909.[3] It is named "Lehigh" after Lehigh University, where its orbit was calculated in the Masters Thesis of Joseph B. Reynolds, following the observations of amateur astronomer Joel Metcalf.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Joel Hastings Metcalf |
Discovery site | Taunton, Massachusetts |
Discovery date | 11 December 1909 |
Designations | |
(691) Lehigh | |
Pronunciation | /ˈliːhaɪ/[1] |
1909 JG | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 101.40 yr (37038 d) |
Aphelion | 3.3787 AU (505.45 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.6443 AU (395.58 Gm) |
3.0115 AU (450.51 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.12194 |
5.23 yr (1908.9 d) | |
189.349° | |
0° 11m 18.924s / day | |
Inclination | 13.010° |
87.997° | |
304.466° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 43.84±0.85 km |
12.891 h (0.5371 d) | |
0.0438±0.002 | |
9.2 | |
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "691 Lehigh (1909 JG)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- "(691) Lehigh". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 67. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_692. ISBN 9783540299257.
External links
- Planet Lehigh: Early Astronomy, Lehigh University – Special Collections
- Lightcurve plot of 691 Lehigh, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2009)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 691 Lehigh at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 691 Lehigh at the JPL Small-Body Database
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