Minor Planet (10047) Davidchapman
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Minor Planet (10047) Davidchapman
The local astronomical community honoured me by successfully suggesting my name be attached to minor planet 10047 by the International Astronomical Union.
(10047) Davidchapman is well-behaved and promises never to bother Earthlings!
Here’s the citation www.minorplanet...
*Discovered in Chile 1986-08-28
*Orbit is 2 1/3 times wider than Earth’s (between Mars & Jupiter).
*Orbit is nearly circular.
*Orbits the Sun every 3.6 years.
*About 5 km across.
*Colour of aged asphalt
*Just one of ~23,000 named minor planets-more than 1.1 million have been detected
Congratulations David!.
I have a friend out here in Belleville Ontario who also had an asteroid named after him recently.
He's been a bit out of astronomy for the last couple of years but I will forward him this video.
I'm sure trying to take a picture of your own asteroid would in Tyson back into his Observatory!
Congratulations David that’s an amazing well deserved Honour I will go searching for this too when it comes around 🇬🇧🔭🇨🇦