5655 Barney
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 29 September 1973 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5655 |
Named after | Ida Barney |
| 1159 T-2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15506 days (42.45 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.6802145 AU (400.95438 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4760607 AU (370.41341 Gm) |
| 2.578138 AU (385.6840 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0395933 |
| 4.14 yr (1512.0 d) | |
| 220.66115° | |
| 0° 14m 17.132s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.49829° |
| 193.50221° | |
| 22.87437° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.47576 AU (220.771 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.28143 AU (341.297 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.380 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.6611 h (0.11088 d) | |
| 13.1 | |
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5655 Barney (1159 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It is named for Astronomer Ida Barney.[2]
See also
- List of Minor Planets 5001–6000, #5655
- List of minor planets named after people
- Meanings of minor planet names: 5501–6000
References
- ↑ "5655 Barney (1159 T-2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Hockey, Thomas (2009), "(5655) Barney1159 T-2", The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Springer Publishing, ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0, retrieved November 19, 2012 (subscription required)
External links
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