April 26th, 2007
54724
Posted by
chrislintott in
Sky at Night
One more post for today - an observing challenge for you all.
Asteroid 57424 (think of the number as a date) has now been named Caelumnoctu in honour of the Sky at Night (we weren’t allowed skyatnight as it isn’t a real word). It’s a main belt asteroid, orbiting the Sun once every 5 years or so, and I would love an image of it. I think it’s near conjunction (behind the Sun) right now, but I’ll find a prize for the first astrophotographer to send me one.
on April 27th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
You can get the details and an orbital diagram of 54724 Caelumnoctu on the JPL Small-Body Database Browser.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi#top Type 57424 Caelumnoctu in the search field. Then read all about the orbital elements, and even create your own orbit diagram.