2124 Nissen
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery site | El Leoncito Station of the Felix Aguilar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 20 June 1974 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2124 |
| 1974 MK | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.14 yr (23061 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2999342 AU (493.66313 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7473991 AU (411.00506 Gm) |
| 3.023667 AU (452.3341 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0913684 |
| 5.26 yr (1920.4 d) | |
| 309.19412° | |
| 0° 11m 14.848s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.69966° |
| 46.88336° | |
| 258.30833° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.7564 AU (262.75 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.91641 AU (286.691 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.213 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.8 | |
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2124 Nissen (1974 MK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 20, 1974 by El Leoncito Station of the Felix Aguilar Observatory. It was named in memory of Juan Jose Nissen (1901-1978), first director of the Felix Aguilar Observatory, previously director of the Cordoba Observatory and a department head at the La Plata Observatory.[2]
References
- ↑ "2124 Nissen (1974 MK)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ "New Names of Minor Planets" (PDF), Minor Planet Circular, Cambridge, Mass: Minor Planet Center (MPC 5013), 1 Nov 1979, ISSN 0736-6884
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