- 3225 Hoag
Infobox Planet
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name = Hoag
symbol=
caption =
discovery = yes
discoverer = Carolyn andEugene Shoemaker cite web
last=Yeomans | first=Donald K. | date=2007-12-07
url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3225
title=3225 Hoag | publisher=JPL Small-Body Database Browser
accessdate=2007-12-07 —The listed values were rounded at the magnitude of uncertainty (1-sigma).]
discovered =August 20 ,1982
mp_name = 3225 Hoag
alt_names = 1982 QQ; 1977 RN7; 1977 SY2
mp_category =main belt
epoch =
aphelion = 296,200,000 km
1.980 AU
perihelion = 266,300,000 km
1.780 AU
semimajor = 281,200,000 km
1.880 AU
eccentricity = 0.0530553
period = 941.4214371day s
2.58 years
avg_speed = 21.72394894 km/s
mean_anomaly =
inclination = 25.0581°
asc_node = 188.91588°
arg_peri = 138.01705°
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions=12.8×12.8×12.8 km
equatorial_radius = 6.4 km
polar_radius =
flattening =
mass=
density=
surface_grav =
escape_velocity=
sidereal_day =
right_asc_north_pole =
declination =
axial_tilt =
albedo=
temperatures =
temp_name1 =
min_temp_1 =
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
spectral_type=
magnitude =
abs_magnitude = 13.6
angular_size =3225 Hoag is an inner
main belt asteroid of 1.780 AU. It is a member of theHungaria family .cite journal
author=Spratt, Christopher E.
title=The Hungaria group of minor planets
journal=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Journal (ISSN 0035-872X)
year=1990
date=April 1990
volume=84
issue=2
pages=123–131
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990JRASC..84..123S ] It has an eccentricity of 0.0530553 and anorbital period of ~941 days (2.58 years).Hoag has an average orbital speed of 21.72394894 km/s and aninclination of 25.0581°.The asteroid was discovered at thePalomar Observatory onAugust 20 1982 by Carolyn andEugene Shoemaker .It is named after the American astronomerArthur Allen Hoag . Its Provisional designation was 1982 QQ.References
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3225 JPL Small-Body Database Browser]
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